RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON.
Pp. 112, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full page); wide demy 4to; boards a trifle flecked, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed and creased; top fore-corner of upper free endpaper slightly creased, short closed tear below top fore-corner of lower free endpaper; Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979. First edition. *'Though born in England, most of Bonington's creative life was spent in France, and it was largely through him that the French were introduced to naturalistic painting, and artists such as Delacroix, turned to literature and history for the subjects of their pictures' [wrapper blurb]. Item #154097
Price: $45.00