The English Icon: Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraiture

Strong, Roy. The English Icon: Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraiture Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1969. Folio. xv, 388pp. Original illustrated dust jacket, black front with faces, blue back cover with tan writing on black and tan spine. Red boards with silver lettering on spine. Decorative green end papers. Tipped in frontispiece.

This extensive catalogue of Elizabethan and Jacobean portraiture lists over 360 b/w reproductions and color tipped in frontispieces. Considering the hostile nature towards visual arts during the mid 1600s, this monograph proves to be a valuable compilation of art, painting, poetry and clothing of that era. Also included is a calendar of political and artistic events from 1540-1620. The catalogue also examines the paintings and artwork of 32 artists.

Minor scratches on dust jacket back cover. Creasing on right hand side map. Frontispiece has small crease in lower left on page 261. Small blemish on frontispiece on page 297. Dust jacket in very good, binding and interior in very good to near fine condition. vg to near fine. Hardcover. (44404) $75