Byron, Sully, and the Power of Portraiture

by John Clubbe

Overview

Through his consideration of the significance for Federal America of the only portrait of Byron painted by a major artist, Clubbe examines British and American portraiture of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In particular, Clubbe looks at Thomas Lawrence and Sully, his American counterpart. After describing Byron's importance to early America and Sully's career and influences, Clubbe concludes that Sully's portrait of Byron is a worthy interpretation of that celebrated and controversial figure. Clubbe is joint president of the International Byron Society. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138665637
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/02/2017
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Lord Byron
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction: the importance of portraiture; Provenance of a painting; Portraits of Byron; First portraitist of Philadelphia; Dramatic and historic portraiture: George Frederick Cooke and George Washington's passage of the Delaware; Dramatic and historic portraiture: Fanny Kemble and Queen Victoria; Byronic Biddle; The heroic decade: Lafayette to Byron; A portrait for Americans: Sully's Byron; Lavater's Physiognomy and Sully's Byron; Sully's Byron: the quest for verisimilitude in portraiture; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.