Main entry:

Wilson, David (Art historian), author.

Title & Author:

Johan Zoffany RA and the Sayer family of Richmond : a masterpiece of conversation / David Wilson.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication:

London : David Wilson Fine Art Limited, 2015.
©2015

Description:

vii, 110 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) : his life, work and fame -- Zoffany and Robert Sayer (1725-94) -- Alice Longfield, Robert Sayer's second wife -- The conversation of the Sayers and Zoffany's private amusement -- Richmond Bridge and Richmond Bridge House -- The setting for Zoffany's painting, The Sayer Family of Richmond -- A "capital messuage or mansion house" on Richmond Hill -- The building of Robert Sayer's mansion depicted in Zoffany's painting -- A royal tenant of Robert Sayer's mansion on Richmond Hill -- Subsequent owners and occupiers of Robert Sayer's mansion -- Topography -- Final years -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of plates.
Reproduces CCA collection material.

ISBN:

9780992722432 (pbk.)
0992722438 (pbk.)

Subject:

Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Sayer family.
Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810. Sayer family of Richmond.
Mansions England.
Painters England 18th century.
Hôtels particuliers Angleterre.
Peintres Angleterre 18e siècle.
Mansions.
Painters.
Conversation piece (Portrait painting) England.
England.
Richmond Bridge (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Cardigan House (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) In art
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Added entries:

David Wilson Fine Art Limited.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290092
Call No.: BIB 232853
Status: Available