Accomplished in All Departments of Art; Author: O'Gorman, James F. (Grace Slack McNeil Professor, History of American Art, Wellesley College, USA); Hardback; Book

Author: O'Gorman, James F. (Grace Slack McNeil Professor, History of American Art, Wellesley College, USA)
Hardback; Book; 101 Illustrations
291 pages
Published: July 1998
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 1558491481

Skilled in a wide range of media, 19th-century artist Hammatt Billings (1818-1874) designed furniture, statuary, monuments, architecture, and public and private gardens. He was a painter and portraitist and an illustrator whose drawings appeared in UNCLE TOM'S CABIN and LITTLE WOMEN. This book reconstructs Billings's life and work. 101 illustrations.This work reconstructs the career of Hammatt Billings, one of the most versatile artists of the 19th century. Skilled in a wide range of media, Billings designed furniture, statuary, monuments, architecture, and public and private gardens, was a painter, and a private and public artist.