Masterpieces of the Wallace CollectionThe Wallace Collection, a national museum in the heart of London, is home to an internationally outstanding collection of fine and decorative arts. This book is an attractive introduction to the museum's treasures and the fascinating history of its Founders, the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace. Assembled entirely in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Collection was bequeathed to the British nation by the widow of

Publisher: Gregory R Miller & Company

This first major monograph on Riesener traces his life and career

reproduces the manuscript in its entirety

incorporating important recent discoveries and trends in scholarship

only to be overthrown in turn by the House of Tudor

and this book presents them in their renewed splendour

but until recently the majority had not been cleaned since the nineteenth century and their original beauty was obscured by multiple layers of discoloured varnish

Richly illustrated with objects from the collection

A 100 piece puzzle depicting one of Jan van Huysum's 18th Century still life oil paintings

exquisite colour photography of garment details and line drawings showing the complete construction of each piece

together with the development of the role of the dog in art

It features over fifty well-known works including Rosa Bonheur's Brizo