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Offers a fresh consideration of the image of the sea in British visual culture during a critical period for both the rise of the visual arts in Britain and the expansion of the nation's imperial power. This work begins in the year 1768, which marks the foundation of the Royal Academy and the launch of Captain Cook's first circumnavigation.

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Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Pre-1800 category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Pre-1800 category * Historians of British Art *

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 15/09/2011
      ISBN13: 9780300175684, 978-0300175684
      ISBN10: 030017568X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a fresh consideration of the image of the sea in British visual culture during a critical period for both the rise of the visual arts in Britain and the expansion of the nation's imperial power. This work begins in the year 1768, which marks the foundation of the Royal Academy and the launch of Captain Cook's first circumnavigation.

      Trade Review

      "[A] strikingly handsome book.”

      —Andrew Lambert, The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord

      -- Andrew Lambert * The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord *
      Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Pre-1800 category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Pre-1800 category * Historians of British Art *

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