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American adversaries : West and Copley in a transatlantic world
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American adversaries : West and Copley in a transatlantic world

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"This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from October 6, 2013, to January 5, 2014"--Title page verso.

Contents

London: the artists and their arena. Brothers-in-arms? Copley, West, and the Royal Academy / by Martin Postle
A temple of history painting : West's Newman Street studio and art collection / by Kaylin H. Weber
Reverberated enjoyment : prints, printmakers, and publishers in late-eighteenth century London / by James Clifton
North America : West and the middle ground. At the wood's edge : Benjamin West's "The Death of Wolfe" and the middle ground / by Emily Ballew Neff
Men of the middle ground : the visual culture of native-white diplomacy in eighteenth-century North America / by Janet Catherine Berlo
Italy : Copley on the grand tour. A remembrance of what we have seen : Copley takes the grand tour / by Emily Ballew Neff
Benjamin West and Italy / by Christopher Lloyd
Atlantic and Pacific : Copley and the sea. Like gudgeons to a worm : John Singleton Copley's "Watson and the shark" and the cultures of natural history / by Emily Ballew Neff
Blacks in the casta paintings of New Spain / by Donna Pierce
Coda. Laying siege : West, Copley, and the battle of history painting / by Emily Ballew Neff and Kaylin H. Weber
Turner, West, and the end of contemporary history painting / by Leo Costello.

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