Privilege & Poverty: The Life and Times of Irish Painter and Naturalist Alexander Williams
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1848890346 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 366 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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He wrote and presented an acclaimed DVD documentary The People's Tenor (Zampano Productions), and has broadcast and lectured extensively. Ledbetter from Dublin is author of seven books including The Great Irish Tenor, a biography of John McCormack (1884-1945). Gordon T.
Another great book from Ledbetter! Painting, singing, hat making, and taxidermy! The life of Alexander Williams (18Another great book from Ledbetter! Doreen M McFarlane Painting, singing, hat making, and taxidermy! The life of Alexander Williams (1846-1930) was far from dull. The same can be said of his biography by Gordon T. Ledbetter. This attractively published book is filled with detail, partly due to the fact that Williams himself kept copious notes on the various aspects of his varied life, and thanks also to Ledbetter's meticulous scholarship.Ledbetter divides the book into separate sections for each of the main aspects of Williams' life, although of course there is overlap. In examining Williams' life, the reader learns . 6-1930) was far from dull. The same can be said of his biography by Gordon T. Ledbetter. This attractively published book is filled with detail, partly due to the fact that Williams himself kept copious notes on the various aspects of his varied life, and thanks also to Ledbetter's meticulous scholarship.Ledbetter divides the book into separate sections for each of the main aspects of Williams' life, although of course there is overlap. In examining Williams' life, the reader learns
Illustrated with a wide selection of his work, this absorbing biography illuminates the diversity of his life and times with material found nowhere else.. His life was extraordinarily wide ranging-though primarily a landscape painter, his studies of old Dublin buildings and streetscapes are of particular interest. He was also an apprentice hatter, a taxidermist, and a professional singer. Alexander Williams' extensive collection of memoirs and papers, preserved and never made public, form unique records from Victorian Ireland
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