Allan Ramsay: A Complete Catalogue Of His Paintings; Author: Smart, Alastair; Joint Author: Ingamells, John; Hardback; Book

Author: Smart, Alastair; Joint Author: Ingamells, John
Hardback; Book; 48 Colour Plates, 783 B&w Illustrations
436 pages
Published: December 1999
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300081103

This is the first complete catalogue of oil paintings by Allan Ramsay (1713-84), whose career spanned the period in which British art established a national identity. Ramsay was a well-educated Scotsman familiar with contemporary Italian and French portraiture, and his mature portraits, with their delicate coloring and subtle characterization, provide a most elegant episode in the history of British art.More than six hundred portraits are catalogued in detail. Each is illustrated in black and white in a chronological sequence indicating, with the forty-eight color plates and selected relevant drawings, the full range of Ramsay's art. There is an introductory essay and biographical summary, a chronological list of portraits, statistical surveys of Ramsay's production and pricesA complete catalogue of his paintings. A catalogue of oil paintings by Allan Ramsay, whose career spanned the period in which British art established a national identity. More than 600 portraits are catalogued, each illustrated in chronological sequence, with an introductory essay, biographical summary, and statistical surveys.