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Buried close to his near contemporary, fellow-artist and admirer, Julius Caesar Ibbetson in Masham churchyard, Cuitt has received far less attention from historians than Ibbetson. This impressive book should awaken interest in his etchings, the most significant part of his oeuvre. Few British printmakers of this period have been published in such a large volume. Its principal author, Peter Boughton, Keeper of Art at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, had researched Cuitt for 25 years and compiled the catalogue of his work, but died in 2019 before he was able to complete this book. Fortunately, Ian Dunn, the former County Archivist of Cheshire, has supplied a series of very valuable essays on the artist which complement Boughton's work. Jane Hatcher recently transcribed a group of previously unknown letters from Cuitt to his friend John Hutton of Marske Hall which were found in North Yorkshire County Record Office. These are included in the correspondence of Cuitt here published in full in one of a series of extremely useful appendices. The appendices include the artist's obituary and other notices on him, lists of known subscribers to his etchings, and a provisional list of drawings, s

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Author

Martin Hopkinson

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)