Books published by Trustees of the Wallace Collection

This three-volume catalogue of 18th-century furniture from the Wallace Collection replaces the 1956 publication by the late Sir Francis Watson. It contains 337 entries, detailing the materials, construction and decoration of over 500 pieces, along with their history, dating, style and maker.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Wallace Collection, London, Apr. 29-July 25, 2010, the Huntington Art Collections, San Marino, Oct. 7, 2010-Jan. 9, 2011 and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Feb. 6-May 15, 2011.

Published to accompany the exhibition held 4 Oct.- 31 Dec. 2001 at the Wallace Collection.

?The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897.

One of the most famous and influential artists of the eighteenth century, Jean-Antoine Watteau (c. 16841721) fundamentally changed the course of French painting. With masterpieces such as Les charmes de la vie, Lady at her Toilet and Les Champs lises, the Wallace Collection preserves one of the three outstanding collections of his paintings worldwide (together with Paris and Berlin) but it has never before been the subject of a special exhibition or a separate study.

This catalogue focuses on Reynolds's innovative, often highly experimental approaches to the practice and materials of painting. It investigates his radical manipulation of pigments, oils, glazes and varnishes, and traces his experiments with colour, tone and handling.