Memoirs Of A Painter: Being A Genuine Biographical Sketch Of That Celebrated Original And Eccentric Genius, The Late Mr. George Morland. Drawn from the tolerably authentic source of more than twenty years' intimate acquaintance with him, his family, and connections. To Which Is Added, A Copious Appendix, Embracing every interesting subject relative to our justly admired English Painter, and his most valuable works. By William Collins, Author of the Slave Trade, a Poem; an Ode to Sir Jeffery Dunstan, an Heroic Effusion; with several detached Pieces in Prose and Verse; several of which have appeared in most of the public Papers, under various signatures, since the Year 1788, to the present Period.
London:: Printed By C. Stower, Paternoster Row; For H. D. Symonds, Pater Noster Row; Carpenter, Old Bond Street; Bell, Oxford Street; Ginger, Piccadilly; and sold by Lloyd, 23, Harley Street, Cavendish Square; Manson, Gerrard Street, Soho; and by the Author, 118, Great Portland Street., 1805.
Physical Description
ix, [i], 242 p., frontis. (port.) ; 176 mm. (12°)
General Note
[Frontis., t.p.] - Contents - [Text] - Appendix - A Brief Description Of Several of Morland's Best Works, Not Generally Known.
Responsibility Note
The frontispiece is signed as painted by W. Collins, Jun., and engraved by W. Ward.
It carries the publisher's imprint of W. Collins and the date.
References
J. Barrell, 'George Morland', in The dark side of the landscape: the rural poor in English painting 1730-1840 (1982), p.89-129; J. Burke, English art 1714-1800 (1976).
Summary Note
The publication-date of 1805 is carried by the title page, but the frontispiece carries the date of 'Feby. 14 1806'.
The frontispiece shows a portrait of George Morland by W. Collins, Jun.
Provenance
Purchased for RA Library in 1869 (see 'Report on the Library for the Year 1869', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6, p. 27).
Binding Note
19th-century half brown morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Life Of Morland' and 'R.A.'