Accomplished in all departments of art : Hammatt Billings of Boston, 1818-1874 / James F. O'Gorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Gorman, James F.

Series:

Studies in print culture and the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874.

Billings, Hammatt.

Artists--United States--Biography.

Artists.

Architects--Massachusetts--Boston.

Architects.

Illustrators.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 291 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst [Mass.] : University of Massachusetts Press, c1998.

Summary:

This Book reconstructs the career of Hammatt Billings, one of the most prolific and versatile artists of the nineteenth century. Skilled in a wide range of media, Billings designed furniture, statuary, monuments, architecture, and public and private gardens. He was a painter in both oils and watercolors, a portraitist, and an illustrator whose drawings appeared in the original American editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin and Little Women.

Although Billings worked for many private patrons, he was also very much a public artist, giving visible form to the popular celebrations of his era. He designed fireworks displays for the Boston Common, decorated buildings in times of public celebration and mourning, laid out plans for a variety of fairs and festivals, and created floats for parades.

Contents:

"A Rare Man"

"Unrivalled Skill in This Branch of Art": Book Illustration

"The Power of the Pencil Adds Much to the Power of the Pen": Evangeline, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Little Women

"His Pencil Has Been in Constant Demand": Periodical Illustration

"Draws So Many Things So Well": Graphic and Other Art

"Has Shown Himself a Master": Architecture

"A Rare Achievement of Architectural Skill": College Hall, Wellesley

"Some Lasting Memento of Their Worth": Monuments

"Well Calculated to Promote Fraternal Feeling": The National Monument to the Forefathers

"From the Pencil of Billings": Festivals, Fireworks, and Furniture

Billings's Books

A Billings Bookshelf

Billings's Buildings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Dickey Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

1558491481 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

37980987