Main entry:

Clayton, Tim.

Title & Author:

The English print, 1688-1802 / Timothy Clayton.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 337 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.
pt. I. 1688-1730 -- Introduction: Printsellers of London and Westminster. 1. Lately Brought over from Abroad. 2. This Noble Undertaking: Prints for Virtuosi. 3. The Case of Designers -- pt. II. 1730-1770 -- Introduction: Printsellers in Town and Country. 4. A Useful Branch of Luxury: Prints to Instruct and Entertain. 5. Temptation for Tourists: Works of Nature, or of Art. 6. Institutions, Exhibitions, Prizes and Reviews -- pt. III. 1770-1802 -- Introduction: Printsellers and Trading Maecenases. 7. An Historical School. 8. A New Source of National Opulence. Epilogue: The Peace of Amiens and after.

Summary:

"Before the invention of photography, prints were the principal means for reproducing and disseminating visual information. The engraver did for the image what the printer did for the written word, and painters were compared and judged on the evidence of prints of their work.... Timothy Clayton describes the growth of the print trade in England during the eighteenth century, a period during which Britain emerged from artistic obscurity to dominate the international print market. This highly readable account offers a fascinating tour of the principal outlets for prints in London, the provinces, and the British colonies over a period of more than one hundred years. Clayton considers the variety of published material history prints, topography, portraiture, satire, propaganda-- the channels of distribution, and the various audiences to which prints were addressed. He examines the effect of the sudden and dramatic influx of foreign prints in the second decade of the eighteenth century and traces the way in which English engravers and printsellers attempted to establish a national industry. Prints were used to promote English entertainments, luxury industries, landscapes, gardens, and paintings and to demonstrate the increasing wealth and sophistication of the English nation. Their influence over the commercialization of leisure and the development of luxury manufacturing was considerable. By the 1760s, British engravers and painters were winning recognition and establishing a new reputation on the Continent through the dissemination of their work. During the following decade, the enthusiasm for English prints developed into full-blown anglomania, and engraved scenes from English literature and national history were displayed on walls throughout Europe"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

0300066503 (alk. paper)
9780300066500 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Prints, English 17th century.
Prints, English 18th century.
Prints Great Britain 18th century.
Printing industry Great Britain 18th century.
Prints England 17th century.
Prints England 18th century.
Art history
Printing history
Estampes anglaises.
Estampe Angleterre 17e siècle.
Estampe Angleterre 18e siècle.
Estampe anglaise 17e siècle.
Estampe anglaise 18e siècle.
Estampe Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Industries graphiques Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Grabado británico S.XVII
Grabado británico S.XVIII
Prints
Printing industry
Prints, English
Grafische kunst.
Prints 17th century Great Britain.
Prints 18th century Great Britain.
Gravure anglaise.
Gravure 17e siècle Grande-Bretagne.
Gravure 18e siècle Grande-Bretagne.
Peinture 18e siècle Grande-Bretagne.
Peinture 17e siècle Grande-Bretagne.
Estampe anglaise.
Estampe 17e siècle Grande-Bretagne.
Estampe 18e siècle Grande-Bretagne.
England
Great Britain

Added entries:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191815
Call No.: ID NE628.2.C57; ID:97-B2831
Status: Available