The Image of George Washington : Studies in Mid-Nineteenth-Century American History Painting
New York: Garland Publishing, 1979.
Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #9700
ISBN: 082403970X
Light edgewear, owner's stamp on title page (blotted in image), otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; 175 illustrations. "Whatever their aesthetic shortcomings may have been, [Junius Brutus] Stearn's paintings and those like his were integral to the shaping and fixing of an American identity." Contents: List of Illustrations; I. Introduction; II. Washington Humanized; III. Washington The Military Hero; IV. Washington Domesticated; V. Washington The Civil Hero; VI. Washington Memorialized; VII. Conclusion; Illustrations; Index; Bibliography. ; Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts; xix, 365 pages.
Price: $49.95