Volume 2 of 2. xii, 388 pp. Translated by Charles Jarvis. With 40 full page copper engravings after designs by John Vanderbank. (4to) 27.5 x 21.5 cm (10¾x8½"), rebacked calf, bordered in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt. morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. John Vanderbank (1694–1739) was a leading English portrait painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of King George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of King George II's reign. George Vertue's opinion was that only intemperance and extravagance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation, his lifestyle bringing him into repeated financial difficulties and leading to an early death at the age of only 45.
Volume 2 of 2. xii, 388 pp. Translated by Charles Jarvis. With 40 full page copper engravings after designs by John Vanderbank. (4to) 27.5 x 21.5 cm (10¾x8½"), rebacked calf, bordered in gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt. morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. John Vanderbank (1694–1739) was a leading English portrait painter who enjoyed a high reputation during the last decade of King George I's reign and remained in high fashion in the first decade of King George II's reign. George Vertue's opinion was that only intemperance and extravagance prevented Vanderbank from being the greatest portraitist of his generation, his lifestyle bringing him into repeated financial difficulties and leading to an early death at the age of only 45.
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