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David Le Marchand 1674-1726 : an ingenious man for carving in ivory / Charles Avery.
Fine Arts Library NK5998.L45 A846 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avery, Charles (Art historian)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Le Marchand, David, 1674-1726--Exhibitions.
- Le Marchand, David.
- Le Marchand, David, 1674-1726.
- Ivory carving--Great Britain--Exhibitions.
- Ivory carving.
- Portrait sculpture--Great Britain--18th century--Exhibitions.
- Portrait sculpture.
- Exhibitions.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Lund Humphries, 1996.
- Summary:
- This is the first such book published on the works of David Le Marchand, who was an expert ivory carver and executed some of the most impressive cameo portraits ever carved in ivory. Including illustrations of such distinguished patrons as Queen Anne, George I, and the Duke of Marlborough, as well as Sir Isaac Newton and Thomas Guy.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Scotland, Mar. 7-May 6, 1996 ; British Museum, May 23-Sept. 15, 1996 ; Leeds City Art Gallery, Oct. 2, 1996-Jan. 5, 1997.
- ISBN:
- 0853316864
- OCLC:
- 37401253
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