Author: HOLYOAKE, Manfred.
Title: The Conservation of Pictures.
Description: London, Dalton & Lucy 1870. Octavo later cloth (rather dusty); viii,84pp. Ex library with a blindstamp and a small hole at the very top of the title, some small splodges and flaws but a totally acceptable copy. ¶ Rare and pretty significant in the history of art conservation - this book is credited as the first use of the term 'conservation' in relation to art. Rather than following his father George into the family business - social troublemaking - Holyoake followed in the footsteps of the family lodger, picture restorer Henry Merritt.
Keywords: art history technique technology materials paint c19th England conservation
Title: The Conservation of Pictures.
Description: London, Dalton & Lucy 1870. Octavo later cloth (rather dusty); viii,84pp. Ex library with a blindstamp and a small hole at the very top of the title, some small splodges and flaws but a totally acceptable copy. ¶ Rare and pretty significant in the history of art conservation - this book is credited as the first use of the term 'conservation' in relation to art. Rather than following his father George into the family business - social troublemaking - Holyoake followed in the footsteps of the family lodger, picture restorer Henry Merritt.
Keywords: art history technique technology materials paint c19th England conservation
Price: AUD 200.00 = appr. US$ 138.37 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 8445
- Book number: 8445