Softcover
1995 · NY
by Carrie Rebora; Paul Staiti; Erica E Hirshler; Theodore E Stebbins (jr.); Carol Troyen; Morrison H Heckshner; Aileen Ribeiro; Marjorie Shelley
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. Softcover. VG, VG- light wear to corners and edges, previous owner's name inside in ink.. Illustrated wraps. 364 pp. 117 color, 211 bw plates. Includes essays by Carrie Rebora (Copley and Art History: The Study of America's First Old Master), Paul Saiti (Accounting For Copley + Character And Class), Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. (An American Despite Himself), Aileen Ribeiro ("The Whole Art of Dress": Costume in The Art of John Singleton Coplley), Erica E. Hirshler (Copley In Miniature), Marjorie Shelley (Painting In Crayon: The Pastels of John Singleton Copley), Morrison H. Heckscher (Copley's Picture Frames). Catalogue lists 81 works, followed by a chronology. Bibliography, Index. Lovely color plates, exhaustive research, interesting reading.
(Inventory #: 19494000001)