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Victorian Panorama ~ Paintings of Victorian Life by Christopher Wood

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Victorian Panorama
Paintings of Victorian Life

Christopher Wood
Hardback Faber & Faber 1976

Quarto, 260pp, d/j present but sunned, 261 illustrations (most b&w). The Condition is Very Fine (d/j only sunned otherwise unmarked, bindings tight).

Contents:
Victoria Regina; Society; The Race for Wealth; The Road to Ruin; Hard Times; Home Sweet Home; childhood: Foundlings; School; For Better for Worse; The Seventh Day; A Prayer for Health; The Cult of Death; The Widow; Work; Women at Work; The Fallen Woman; The City; The Country; The Post; Derby Day; Sport; The Seaside; The Theatre; The Art World; The Railway; The Omnibus; The Last of England; War; The Queen God Bless Her; Bibliograpy etc

From the Introduction:
"I think I can confidently assert that this book includes all the best 'modern-life' paintings produced in the Victorian period."

This is a wonderfully comprehensive book and absolutely full of both the well-known and lesser known Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

Price: £15.00

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