High Street (Victoria and Albert Museum) - Hardcover

Richards, J. M.; Ravilious, Eric

 
9780500480793: High Street (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500480796 ISBN 13: 9780500480793
Verlag: Thames & Hudson IWUK, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

A facsimile edition of the classic High Street, which pairs the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with a fascinating text by architectural historian J. M. Richards.

First published in 1938, this charming book introduces the British high street. Shops include the family butcher, the cheesemonger, the baker and confectioner and the oyster bar, as well as specialized establishments such as the plumassier, the clerical outfitter and the submarine engineer.

Only 2,000 copies of the original book were printed before the lithographic plates were destroyed in the London Blitz. As a result, it has become one of the most collectible of all artists' books from this period. This beautiful facsimile edition features all 24 of Ravilious's colour illustrations, and includes an essay by Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum, that sets the book in its historical context.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) was a painter, designer, illustrator and wood engraver, and he remains one of the best-known English artists of the 1930s. A close friend of Edward Bawden, he evoked the English landscape, culture and customs in his striking watercolours and ceramic designs. He died aged 39 while serving as Official War Artist. Sir James Maude Richards (1907-1992) was editor of Architectural Review from 1937 to 1971 and architectural correspondent of The Times for more than twenty years. He was also a prolific author of books about English and world architecture.

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A facsimile edition of the classic High Street, which pairs the timeless illustrations of Eric Ravilious with a fascinating text by architectural historian J. M. Richards. First published in 1938, this charming book introduces the British high street. Shops include the family butcher, the cheesemonger, the baker and confectioner and the oyster bar, as well as specialized establishments such as the plumassier, the clerical outfitter and the submarine engineer. Only 2,000 copies of the original book were printed before the lithographic plates were destroyed in the London Blitz. As a result, it has become one of the most collectible of all artists’ books from this period. This beautiful facsimile edition features all 24 of Ravilious’s colour illustrations, and includes an essay by Gill Saunders, Senior Curator of Prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum, that sets the book in its historical context.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson IWUK
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500480796
ISBN 13 
9780500480793
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
112
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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