The life of Anne Damer : portrait of a Regency artist / / Jonathan David Gross

• Autore: Gross Jonathan David <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 730.92; B
• Soggetto topico: Sculptors - Great Britain; Women sculptors - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 House ; CHAPTER 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 Author
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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of Anne Damer since 1908, The Life of Anne Damer: Portrait of a Regency Artist, by Jonathan Gross, draws on previously unpublished letters to explore the life and legacy of England's first significant female sculptor.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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The life of Anne Damer
• ISBN: 0-7391-6767-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787776003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II