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.

William Collins

RA Collection: Book

Record number

05/3771

Author

Imprint

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.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Artists - Painters - Great Britain - History - 18th century - 19th century
Memoirs - Biography - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors

Caleb Stower, printer
Henry Delahoy Symonds, publisher
James Carpenter, publisher
Bell, publisher
John Ginger, publisher
Edmund Lloyd, bookseller
Manson, bookseller
William Collins, publisher
William Collins RA, source artist
William Ward ARA, engraver