{"product_id":"my-autobiography-and-reminiscences-further-reminiscences-paperback-9781108051835","title":"My Autobiography and Reminiscences; Further Reminiscences (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108051835","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMy Autobiography and Reminiscences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFurther Reminiscences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most celebrated Victorian narrative painter exchanges palette for pen in this popular three-volume autobiography, first published in 1887–8.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Powell Frith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108051835, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe celebrated Victorian narrative painter William Powell Frith (1819–1909) was a born raconteur. His two-volume autobiography of 1887 ran to three editions in the same year. The third edition is reissued here, together with its supplementary volume of 1888. Frith was an ideal commentator on his age. He never lost his early interest in literary and historical subjects, and moved in the highest artistic and literary circles. Yet he also saw himself as a man of the people. His most famous works were his 'modern-life' panoramas, Ramsgate Sands (1854), Derby Day (1858) and The Railway Station (1862). Discussing such projects, he reflects on everything from costume to portraiture, art dealers to female artists, and even picture frames. In particular, Volume 3 records the breakdown of the talented Richard Dadd, Frith's admiration for Daniel Maclise, John Tenniel and George du Maurier, and reflections on the vagaries of fashions in art.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Great names and the value of them\u003cbr\u003e 2. Prelude to correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 3. Early correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 4. Asylum experiences\u003cbr\u003e 5. Anecdotes - various\u003cbr\u003e 6. An over-true tale\u003cbr\u003e 7. Scraps\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Yorkshire blunder, and scraps continued\u003cbr\u003e 9. Richard Dadd\u003cbr\u003e 10. An old-fashioned patron\u003cbr\u003e 11. Another dinner at Ivy Cottage\u003cbr\u003e 12. Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sir Edwin Landseer\u003cbr\u003e 14. George Augustus Sala\u003cbr\u003e 15. John Leech\u003cbr\u003e 16. Shirley Brooks\u003cbr\u003e 17. Admiration\u003cbr\u003e 18. On self-delusion and other matters\u003cbr\u003e 19. Fashion in art\u003cbr\u003e 20. A story of a snowy night\u003cbr\u003e 21. English art and French influence\u003cbr\u003e 22. Ignorance of art\u003cbr\u003e 23. Oratory\u003cbr\u003e 24. Supposititious pictures\u003cbr\u003e 25. A variety of letters from various people\u003cbr\u003e 26. Mrs Maxwell\u003cbr\u003e 27. Book illustrators\u003cbr\u003e 28. More people whom I have known\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The arts: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The arts: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20arts:%20general%20issues%20%5BAB%5D%22\"\u003eAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005328609560,"sku":"9781108051835","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108051835i.jpg?v=1696747077","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-autobiography-and-reminiscences-further-reminiscences-paperback-9781108051835","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}