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Dakers, Caroline.

The Holland Park circle : artists and Victorian society / Caroline Dakers.

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1999.

vii, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

"The reign of Queen Victoria witnessed a spectacular rise in the visibility, wealth and prestige of English artists and designers. Leading this resurgence was a group of artists who established their studios in and around the new, fashionable district of London's Holland Park. This book - the first major study of the Holland Park Circle of artists, architects, and their patrons - is both an engrossing narrative of their lives, works and influence and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values."--Jacket.

Art and society -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.

Artists -- Homes and haunts -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.

Artists' studios -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.

Holland Park (London, England)

London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-294) and index.

Watts and his Early Patrons: the 1840s -- Watts at Little Holland House; the Genesis of the Holland Park Circle: the 1850s -- Building for Art in Kensington -- Leighton, Aitchison and 2 Holland Park Road -- Artist Comrades: Guns and Glees -- Art and Society on Campden Hill -- Howard, Webb and 1 Palace Green -- The Ionides -- Patrons in Holland Park -- The Aesthetic Interior -- The Creation of Melbury Road: 1875 -- Stone, Fildes and Shaw: 8 and 11 Melbury Road -- The Thornycrofts, Burges, Hunter and Moore: 2, 9 and 14 Melbury Road and 1 Holland Lane -- The Leighton Ascendancy -- Prinsep, Webb and 1 Holland Park Road -- The Studios of Holland Park.

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0300081642 (cloth : alk. paper)

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