328 pages, jacketed hardback, 294 x 218 mm, over 160 illustrations
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The third and last in the series of catalogues and exhibitions on the endlessly diverse subject of artworks which reflect the culture of the Chinese scholar class and some of the individuals who comprised it. It follows on the heels of In Scholars' Taste and Emperor Scholar Artisan Monk. Over 160 fine examples of painting, calligraphy and scholastic objects, dating from the 15th to the 20th century, are presented with colour photographs and detailed, educative entries.
This exhibition and catalogue celebrates the most gifted, inventive and eccentric amateurs of the 18th and early 19th centuries with a selection of drawings, engravings and portraits gathered from Soane's collection and other museums, archives and private houses around the country. More