Rhymes on Art; or, The remonstrance of a painter: in two parts. With notes, and a preface, including strictures on the state of the arts, criticism, patronage, and public taste. 3rd edn.

SHEE, Sir Martin Archer.

Verlag: John Murray. 1806, 1806

Beschreibung

Contemp. full tree calf, gilt spine, borders & dentelles; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Marquess of Headfort armorial bookplate on leading pastedown. With the prefaces to the first & second editions. The poem, as indicated in the preface, forms an argument for increased patronage of the arts, and greater reward and recognition for British artists: 'In sanctioning the establishment of the Royal Academy, and graciously condescending to place himself at its head, his Majesty has done much to promote the interests of the arts in his dominions, and has displayed a beneficent desire to recommend them to attention and respect. But, unfortunately, the august example set by the Throne has not had the influence which might have been expected; and while the artists of Great Britain maintain by the profits of their united labours, an institution, from which their country derives both credit and advantage, they are themselves neglected, unsupported, and unemployed.' Martin Archer Shee, 1769-1850, was a Dublin-born portrait painter, and from 1830 president of the Royal Academy. These Rhymes, first published in 1805, met with widespread approval, and received praise from Lord Byron in the second edition of English Bards: "And here let Shee and Genius find a place/Whose pen and pencil yield an equal grace/To guide whose hand the sister Arts combine/And trace the Poet or the Painter's line/Whose magic touch can bid the canvass glow/or pour the easy rhyme's harmonious flow/While honours doubly merited attend/The Poet's rival, but the Painter's friend.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 50984

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Titel: Rhymes on Art; or, The remonstrance of a ...

Verlag: John Murray. 1806

Erscheinungsdatum: 1806

Einband: Hardcover