Thoughts On The Relative Value Of Fresco And Oil Painting, As Applied To The Architectural Decorations Of The Houses Of Parliament; Read At The Friday Evening Meeting At The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, March 4, 1842. By B.R. Haydon, Historical Painter.
The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By G.J. Palmer, Savoy Street(, Strand).'
The work is dedicated 'To Barry The Architect'.
References
J. Barrell, The political theory of painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt: the body of the public (1986); M.H. Port, ed., The Houses of Parliament (1976); E. George, The life and death of Benjamin Robert Haydon (1967).
Provenance
The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil 'S:A:H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards; no lettering or decoration.
History painting - Oil painting (technique) - Frescoes - Techniques - Palaces - Public buildings - Great Britain - London - Palace of Westminster - History - 19th century
Lectures - Great Britain - London - 19th century