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First Edition. With 102 illustrations both in black and white and in colour by Copley. 8vo, publisher's original blue wrapper, lettered in blue on both the spine and upper cover. 142 pp. A fine copy, beautifully preserved, with minor fading to the edges and spine. Internally clean and well-preserved.

Edizione: a beautifully illustrated catalogue of the exhibit that was shown at the national gallery of art, the metropolitan museum of art, and the museum of fine arts. "john singleton copley died in 1813. to honor the 150th anniversary of his death this exhibition shows his american work carried out before the revolution and his painting executed in england from 1776 on. <br> this exhibition affords a unique opportunity for our generation to experience and study the work of john singleton copley, a painter without peer in the history of american art until the rise of winslow homer and thomas eakins after the civil war." - the publisher