Wilton (Andrew); Bignamini (Ilaria), 1952-2001
Tate Gallery (London)
Grand Tour : the lure of Italy in the eighteenth century (catalogue of an exhibition held in the Tate Gallery, London, 10 October 1996-5 January 1997; latterly shown elsewhere)
London, Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd, 1996
(30 cm), 328 pp., 265 illustrations (many in colour). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - An ambitious exhibition of 265 paintings, sculptures, watercolours, prints and objets d’art, documenting the attraction of Italy to northern Europeans (and the English aristocracy in particular). ¶ Fine copy.