Miniature painters, British and foreign : with some account of those who practised in America in the eighteenth century / by J. J. Foster ... illustrated by numerous examples selected from celebrated collections.

Miniature painters, British and foreign : with some account of those who practised in America in the eighteenth century / by J. J. Foster ... illustrated by numerous examples selected from celebrated collections.

New York : E. P. Dutton & co.; London : Dickinsons, 1903.

2 v. : CXXIII pl. incl. fronts. ; 36 x 27 cm

Title in red and black.

Each plate accompanied by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. The illustrations printed in text are numbered as plates.

"210 copies of this book have been printed for sale, of which 10 are 'Edition royale,' 50 are 'Édition de luxe,' and the remainder are the 'Author's edition.' ... "

Author's edition.

I. Introductory. Missal paintings. Early portrait painters. Hans Holbein. Nicholas Hilliard. The Olivers and John Hoskins. Samuel Cooper. Enamels. Jean Petitot. From the death of Cooper onwards. Richard Cosway. A. Robertson, Sir W. C. Ross and R. Thorburn. Appendix A: A list of portrait miniatures exhibited at the Burlington fine arts club, 1889, alphabetically arranged.
II. Miniature painting in the United States. Foreign schools. Collections and collectors. Concerning the care of miniatures and a method of painting them. Gossip. Appendix B: A catalogue of the miniatures sold at Strawberry Hill, 1842. Appendix C: Alphabetical list with biographical details of British and foreign artists reputed to have painted in miniature.

United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

N7616 .F71

Bookplate of Library of Congress.