2nd Annual Volume of the Walpole Society, 1912-1913

Oxford, England: The Walpole Society, 1913. Hardcover. Good (water damage mainly to boards, heavy wear overall to boards; foxing spots and age toning to pages but text and illustrations are otherwise clean). Blue boards with gilt lettering on blue cloth spine; bw frontispiece with tissue guard; 130 pp. LXXVII bw plates, several text illustrations. The Walpole Society was founded in April, 1911, to promote the study of British art history. Issued only to subscribers. It includes a list of the plates. Contents: The painter HE ('Hans Eworth') / by Lionel Cust--An outline of the history of the De Critz family of painters / by Rachael Poole--The romance tiles (truncated) of Chertsey Abbey / by W.R. Lethaby--The Rood-screen of Cawston Church / by Edward F. Strange--The Hatfield tapestries of the seasons / by A.F. Kendrick--Hugh Douglas Hamilton, portrait-painter / by Walter G. Strickland--Influence de Bonington et de L'École anglaise sur la peinture de paysage en France / par A. Dubuisson--Some of the doubtful drawings in the Turner bequest at the National Gallery / by Alexander J. Finberg. (Inventory #: 182488)