Undertaken during a long illness at the suggestion of her physician, and dedicated to his daughters, these essays trace painting from its beginnings in the ancient world. Callcott weighs the classical anecdotes, such as Timanthes veiling Agamemnon’s face at the sacrifice of Iphigenia, with a well-read amateur’s care.
An engaging early-Victorian attempt to recover a lost art, by the author of Little Arthur’s History of England. Download the free EPUB.