Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters
Beckford, William / Gemmett, Robert J![Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/262/26206449/CHSBZCOP0326206449.jpg)
New edition of William Beckford's first published work, of 1780, with introduction by Robert J. Gemmett, and annotations, illustrations and a bibliography. The work is a satire which criticizes the excesses of schools of painting, particularly the Dutch and Flemish, and an extended parody of prominent biographies of artists.