Product Description
Caroline de Guitaut, Stephen Patterson, editors. Russia: Art, Royalty and the Romanovs. UK (London): Royal Collection Trust, 2019. First printing. Richly illustrated and printed on quality paper. Maps, genealogical tables, foreword, note to reader, notes, bibliography, index and picture credits. Color endpapers of "A Winter's Day" by Igor E. Grabar. Large heavy (6 lb.) hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover. Fine/Like New. 1 copy only.
The editors have used the British Royal Collection's artworks to trace Britain's bonds with Russia from the early days of contact in the mid-16th century to the current reign. The histories of the royal families of these two countries have been entwined for centuries. In this tome, new research utilizes information culled from previously unpublished works. Discusses and illustrates Imperial porcelain, arms and insignia, costume and clothing, photographs, and paintings by both Russian artists and British artists working in Russia, Melded with a uniquely interlinked narrative and presented in stunning and lavishly illustrated detail.
Chapters include "a country little known", "Russian books in the Royal library", "the power and purpose of portraiture", "Holy Russia in the Royal collection", "Russian photography and photographs of Russia in the Royal collection", "Russian decorative art in the Royal collection", "family gatherings", and more.
One of the editors, Caroline de Guitaut is deputy surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art at Royal Collection Trust and author of Royal Fabergé, 1953: The Queen’s Coronation, and Russia: Art, Royalty and the Romanovs. The other is Head of Collections Information Management, RCT. Stephen Patterson has pubished and lectured on insignia and wrote Royal Insignia (1996). He has also researched Russian works in the RC.
