Artists and Their Friends in England, 1700-1799 (two vol. set)

London, England: The Medici Society, 1928. VG, , dustjackets have some wear and chipping. Rust/brown cloth. 820 pp. 24 bw plates. Self-explanatory passage from the Preface... "In these volumes I have attempted to throw fresh light upon the history and surroundings of artists working in England from the beginning of the eighteenth century and the foundation of Sir Godfrey Kneller's Academy, to the admission of Turner to the Royal Academy on the last evening of 1799." (Inventory #: 100122)