Lectures on painting, delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts: with a letter on the proposal for a public memorial of the naval glory of Great Britain. By the late John Opie, Esq. Professor in painting to the Royal Academy. To which are prefixed, a memoir by Mrs. Opie, and other accounts of Mr. Opie's talents and character.
John Opie, RA (St Agnes 1761 – London 1807)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3217899
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, [2], 81 [i.e. 83], [1], 186 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 4to. Provenance: inscribed "R.W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1969" [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half-bound burgundy calf with marbled paper over boards; gold-tooled spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
John Opie, RA (St Agnes 1761 – London 1807), author Amelia Opie (1769 - 1853), author Prince Hoare (Bath 1755 – Brighton 1834), author