Main entry:

Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.

Title & Author:

Nollekens and his times : comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake / by John Thomas Smith, keeper of the prints and drawings in the British Museum. In two volumes.

Publication:

London : Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1828.

Description:

2 volumes : 1 portrait, music ; 22 cm

Notes:
Portrait of William Nollekens engraved by William Bond after a drawing by John Jackson.
Port. of William Nollekens engraved by William Bond after a drawing by John Jackson.
Library copy: extra-illustrated with 294 etched, engraved, and/or mezzotint plates, mostly early 19th century portraits but including views of buildings, reproductions of paintings, etc., cropped or mounted to size. Among these, is an engraved port. (classical bust in profile) captioned in ms. "[Robert] Adam the Architect" (facing v. 2, p. 126). Also, bookplates of Sir William de Bathe and Noël C. Godby.

Subject:

Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823.
Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702-1762.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825.
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Artists Great Britain 18th century.
Artists.
Great Britain.
English Sculptors.
English Artists.
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 Portraits.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Extra-illustrated Books.
Extra-illustrated books.

Added entries:

Colburn, Henry, -1855, publisher.
Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823.
Bond, William, active 1799-1833.
Jackson, John, 1778-1831.
Bond, William, fl. 1799-1833
Provenance. De Bathe, William, Sir. Bookplate.
Bookplates. De Bathe, William, Sir.
Provenance. Godby, Noël C. Bookplate.
Bookplates. Godby, Noël C.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 214272
Call No.: NB1116.N794 S6 1828
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 214273
Call No.: NB1116.N794 S6 1828
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available