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Article: Romantic visions: a revelatory catalogue of the British drawings in the National Gallery of Canada, is a tribute to a great collector's discernment.(British Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada)(Book review)
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- July 1, 2006
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British Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada
DOUGLAS E. SCHOENHERR
National Gallery of Canada, $49
ISBN 0 88884 802 1
It is particularly pleasing when a collection that is largely unknown is put on the art-historical map through an attractive publication; that is precisely what has happened with this survey of British drawings in Canada's national collection. The book acts as the catalogue for a touring exhibition of highlights from the collection, but in many ways has a role as an independent publication, which will have a life far beyond the tour. It is the fourth in a sequence of such works produced in Ottawa, conceived by ...