Download or read book Allan Ramsay written by Alastair Smart and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first complete catalogue of oil paintings by Allan Ramsay (1713-84), whose career spanned the period in which British art established a national identity." "More than six hundred portraits are catalogued here in detail. Each is illustrated in black and white in chronological sequence indicating, with the forty-eight colour plates and selected relevant drawings, the full range of Ramsay's art. There is an introductory essay and biographical summary, a chronological list of portraits, statistical surveys of Ramsay's production and prices, and indices of engravers and of sales."--BOOK JACKET.