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Art, design & architecture
Royal Academy Pictures
Various artists (compiled by Cassell and Company) · illustrated by Various (including Ernest Normand, Hon. John Collier, G. Nicolet, Reginald Arthur, Harold Speed, and others)
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- Author
- Various artists (compiled by Cassell and Company)
- Illustrator
- Various (including Ernest Normand, Hon. John Collier, G. Nicolet, Reginald Arthur, Harold Speed, and others)
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Year
- 1896
- Edition
- Royal Academy Pictures 1896 · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- No
- Condition
- Fair
About this copy
ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES 1896 Illustrating the Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Exhibition of the Royal Academy, being the Royal Academy Supplement of The Magazine of Art. Published by Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1896. This is the 1896 annual volume of Royal Academy Pictures, a Cassell publication reproducing a wide selection of works shown at that year's Royal Academy summer exhibition in London.
The volume contains numerous full-page and smaller plate reproductions after paintings by artists exhibiting that year, including Ernest Normand, Hon. John Collier, G. Nicolet, Reginald Arthur, and Harold Speed, each captioned with the artist's name and picture title. The book is bound in the original blue decorative cloth boards with a gilt and blind-stamped Art Nouveau style border design to the front board, and a blind-stamped panel design to the rear board.
There is no dust jacket.
Condition
- Book
- Fair – a well-used copy showing notable wear. The spine cloth is frayed and shows loss at the head and tail, and there is cracking/weakness at the front hinge where the textblock meets the boards. The front free endpaper shows foxing and browning. Boards show general edge wear, scuffing, and surface marks, most visible to the rear board. Internally the plates are clean with only light edge wear. Please see photos, which form part of the description and show the full extent of wear.
This is a pre-owned book, and minor age-related wear may be present beyond what is specifically mentioned. All readily visible defects have been described to the best of my ability.
Collector's notes
- Royal Academy Pictures was an annual Cassell publication reproducing works from the Royal Academy's summer exhibition, now a useful visual record of the art on show that year
- This volume covers the 128th Royal Academy exhibition, 1896
- Issued as a supplement to The Magazine of Art
- Numerous plates after well-known exhibitors of the period
- No dust jacket present
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.
