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Baetjer, Katharine. British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875.(Brief article)(Book review)

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| June 15, 2010 | Mactague, Nancy J. | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Baetjer, Katharine. British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875. Metropolitan Museum of Art, dist. by Yale Univ. 2010. 320p. illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-300-15509-9. $95. FINE ARTS

In this first catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 140 British paintings, Baetjer (curator, dept. of European paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art) provides insight into the lives of members of 18th-century English society from cottagers to queens and includes portraits by Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, and others. Catalog entries, arranged by artist's …

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