[Rarebooks] FS: Gilbert Stuart -Magnificent 1926 4-Volume Biography

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"Gilbert Stuart. An Illustrated Descriptive List of His Works, with an
account of his life"

By Lawrence Park.
Published in New York by William Edwin Rudge in 1926.

DISCUSSION: One of the most imposing biographies of an early American
artist ever written, the first two volumes are devoted to a biography of
Stuart by John Hill Morgan, a detailed descriptive lists of his portraits,
including a separate list of portraits of George Washington. The last two
volumes are completely devoted to 606 black & white plates illustrating
Stuart’s portraits. Many of Park’s notes and correspondence with owners of
Stuart portraits are now in the Joseph Downs Collection at Winterthur. “A
major and monumental work” (Karpel). Karpel H498.

DESCRIPTION: 4 volumes. Hardcover. 9.5”x13”, 982 pages, with 8 black &
white illustrations, 4 gravure frontispieces with tissue guards, and 606
full-page black & white plates.

CONDITION NOTES: A few light cover scuffs, otherwise an exceptionally
clean and fine set.

PRICE:  $450.00

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