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Creator:
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Title(s):
Excursions of imagination : 100 great British drawings from the Huntington's collection / Melinda McCurdy ; with an essay by Ann Bermingham ; contributions by Jessie Fontana-Maisel.
Published/Created:
[San Marino] : The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens ; London : in association with Lund Humphries, 2022.
Physical Description:
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
NC228 .H455 2020 (LC) Oversize
Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16360756
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Great British Drawings, organized by The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Over the past century, The Huntington has collected more than 12,000 drawings and watercolors by British artists from the late 16th to mid-20th century. Excursions of Imagination showcases 100 stunning works on paper from this "hidden museum," many of them never published before. This generously illustrated volume features landscape and figurative subjects by the acknowledged masters of the medium-J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Girtin, John Constable, and Henry Fuseli-as well as artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement and such modernists as David Bomberg. An introduction by curator Melinda McCurdy discusses the formation of The Huntington's British drawings collection. An essay by British art historian Ann Bermingham places The Huntington's collection within the context of the historical practice of drawing in Britain"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Terms:
California -- San Marino.
Drawing -- California -- San Marino -- Exhibitions.
Drawing, British -- Exhibitions.
Drawing, British.
Drawing.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery -- Exhibitions.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Form/Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Contributors:
McCurdy, Melinda, author.
Bermingham, Ann, author.
Fontana-Maisel, Jessie, contributor.
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  • Introduction : British drawings at The Huntington / Melinda McCurdy
  • Excursions of imagination : British Drawing from the seventeenth to the twentieth century / Ann Bermingham
  • Catalogue.