The History of Genre Painting in England
FAIN: FA-10960-74
E. Dudley H. Johnson
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ 08540-5228)
To write a history of British genre painting, an important topic in art history which has yet to receive exhaustive investigation. With its realistic portrayal of scenes from contemporary life, and its insistence on factual detail, British genre constitutes a unique record of the social and intellectual life of the period.