{"product_id":"my-autobiography-and-reminiscences-paperback-9781108051828","title":"My Autobiography and Reminiscences (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108051828","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMy Autobiography and Reminiscences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\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\"\u003e9781108051828, 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\"\u003e364 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.1 x 14 cm, 0.46 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 Volume, 2 Frith discusses his Hogarthian subjects, 'Dickens and his Beard' (the story behind the famous portrait), and his last great crowd scene, A Private View at the Royal Academy (1883).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Salon d'Or\u003cbr\u003e 2. Rejected subjects\u003cbr\u003e 3. The pious model\u003cbr\u003e 4. Visit to Italy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The bearded model\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Road to Ruin\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Fonthill story\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Race for Wealth\u003cbr\u003e 9. A mysterious sitter\u003cbr\u003e 10. John Forster and the portrait of Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e 11. Second visit to the Low Countries\u003cbr\u003e 12. The doctor's story\u003cbr\u003e 13. For Better, For Worse\u003cbr\u003e 14. Models - thievish\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'Old Masters'\u003cbr\u003e 16. A successful dealer\u003cbr\u003e 17. A strange adventure\u003cbr\u003e 18. Men-servants\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Private View\u003cbr\u003e 20. Dr Doran\u003cbr\u003e 21. My later professional work\u003cbr\u003e 22. A strange purchase\u003cbr\u003e 23. The crazy artist\u003cbr\u003e 24. John Leech\u003cbr\u003e 25. A ghost story\u003cbr\u003e 26. The story of my portrait\u003cbr\u003e 27. Jenny Lind, Mr Barnum, and others\u003cbr\u003e 28. Lady artists\u003cbr\u003e 29. People I have known.\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":46266098286872,"sku":"9781108051828","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108051828i_433d88a9-ac66-475c-b5b1-d3bc3ebebb71.jpg?v=1696747086","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/my-autobiography-and-reminiscences-paperback-9781108051828","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}