High Society: The Life and Art of Sir Francis Grant Pra by Catherine Wills

High Society: The Life and Art of Sir Francis Grant Pra by Catherine Wills

This book, published to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Francis Grant, reintroduces a dominant figure in the Victorian art world, a leading society portrait painter and the only Scottish president of the Royal Academy. Grant, the younger son of a Perthshire laird, was largely self-taught, learning his skills by copying Old Master paintings lent to him by family and friends. After spending a substantial inheritance on his great passions - hunting to hounds and collecting paintings - Grant took the unorthodox step of turning his talents to professional use. During sittings for him in 1839, Queen Victoria was to note in her diary that he was very good looking, was a gentleman, now paints for money. Grant's connections gave him an entr,e into aristocratic and government circles and he soon became a favourite with the key political figures of the day such as Derby, Disraeli and Palmerston.

Catherine Wells is the author of numerous novels and short stories of speculative fiction. Her works include Mother Grimm, a finalist for the 1997 Philip K. Dick Award, and the Coconino trilogy, both available from Phoenix Pick. Her short stories have appeared in Analog, Asimov's Magazine of Science Fiction, and Intergalactic Medicine Show, as well as anthologies such as Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse and Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction. For historical fiction fans, her novel Macbeatha is available from Desert Moon Press. Ms. Wells holds a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona and has been both a science and technology librarian and a medical librarian Tucson, Arizona. She is married with two grown children and enjoys hiking and choral singing. For more books by Catherine Wells, visit www.catherine-wells.com.

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ISBN 13	9781903278390
ISBN 10	1903278392
Title	High Society: The Life and Art of Sir Francis Grant Pra
Author	Catherine Wills
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	National Galleries of Scotland
Year published	1999-01-01
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.