Conversation Pieces: A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America classic-literature illustrated oatmeal boards

illustrated oatmeal boards

with 234 illustrations

Roebuck and Company

chipped at ends of the spine

pp [xxiii] + [465]

Conversation Pieces: A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America classic-literature illustrated oatmeal boardsLondon: Methuen, 1971. Hardback with the excellent dust jacket, just a couple of short, repaired tears to edges to detract. 287 pages, 31 colour plates and 349 b w illusts. A near fine copy. The "conversation piece" is an intimate group portrait usually of small dimensions which became fashionable in the Low Countries before flourishing in 18th century England. Its declined was hastened by the invention of photography. NB: AS THIS IS A HEAVY BOOK AN