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An Autobiography
Elizabeth Butler
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Paperback. A brisk and amusing 1922 autobiography by the military painter Elizabeth Butler, illustrated with her own sketches. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture. Num Pages: 380 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
The young Elizabeth Butler (née Thompson, 1846–1933) and her sister, the poet Alice Meynell, were educated at home by their wealthy father, and much of their childhood was spent in Italy. Elizabeth began to train as an artist at the Female School of Art, South Kensington, in 1866. She became famous for her work in the genre (unusual for a woman) of military art, one of her best known paintings being The Roll Call, an imagined incident from the Crimea. She took great trouble to ensure the accuracy of the detail of regimental uniform, and her depiction of the bravery ... Read more
The young Elizabeth Butler (née Thompson, 1846–1933) and her sister, the poet Alice Meynell, were educated at home by their wealthy father, and much of their childhood was spent in Italy. Elizabeth began to train as an artist at the Female School of Art, South Kensington, in 1866. She became famous for her work in the genre (unusual for a woman) of military art, one of her best known paintings being The Roll Call, an imagined incident from the Crimea. She took great trouble to ensure the accuracy of the detail of regimental uniform, and her depiction of the bravery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108081283
SKU
V9781108081283
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