03678nam 2200577 450 991078777600332120200520144314.00-7391-6767-7(CKB)2670000000490307(EBL)1568961(SSID)ssj0001059956(PQKBManifestationID)12382334(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001059956(PQKBWorkID)11086190(PQKB)11305665(MiAaPQ)EBC1568961(Au-PeEL)EBL1568961(CaPaEBR)ebr10812451(OCoLC)864551476(EXLCZ)99267000000049030720130618d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe life of Anne Damer portrait of a Regency artist /Jonathan David GrossLanham :Lexington Books,2014.1 online resource (411 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-6765-0 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; CHAPTER ONE. "Peerless Ailesbury"; CHAPTER TWO. Marriage to John Damer; CHAPTER THREE. "Witches 'Round the Cauldron"; CHAPTER FOUR. Disaster: Death of John Damer; CHAPTER FIVE. "Too Strictly Right Ever to be Beloved"; CHAPTER SIX. The "Widow's Joys": Four Satires of Anne Damer; CHAPTER SEVEN. The Sylph and Rehabilitation: Damer's First Trip to Italy; CHAPTER EIGHT. Damer's Second Trip to Italy; CHAPTER NINE. Park Place and Hieroglyphic Tales; CHAPTER TEN. Theatricals at Richmond HouseCHAPTER ELEVEN. Damer's Correspondence with Charles HothamCHAPTER TWELVE. A Shifting Ménage à Trois; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Departure for Lisbon; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Return to England; CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Anne Damer as Sculptor: A Brief Overview; CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Damer as Sculptor, Attempts at a Brief Catalogue Raisonné; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Anne Damer and Mary Berry on Literature; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Damer in Portugal: Beckford, Byron, and Napoleon; CHAPTER NINETEEN. Damer's Return from Lisbon, "A Proselyte to Painting"; CHAPTER TWENTY. Damer and Walpole: "'Tis a Debt I Would Be Always Paying"CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. "That Thread That Holds Minds Together"CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Mary Berry and Charles O'Hara; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Recovery and Inheritance of Strawberry Hill; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Belmour and Fashionable Friends; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Death of Anne Damer's Mother; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. "Infallible Tokens of Affection": Damer and Princess Caroline; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. Damer and Susan Ferrier's Marriage; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. Anne Damer and India; Glossary of Principal Names; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThe first biography of Anne Damer since 1908, The Life of Anne Damer: Portrait of a Regency Artist, by Jonathan Gross, draws on previously unpublished letters to explore the life and legacy of England's first significant female sculptor. This biography will interest historians of Georgian, England, and readers in the fine arts, literature, and history. SculptorsGreat BritainBiographyWomen sculptorsGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainCourt and courtiersBiographySculptorsWomen sculptors730.92BGross Jonathan David1962-1445209MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787776003321The life of Anne Damer3677453UNINA