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The Letters of Philip Webb

John Aplin

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English
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
18 December 2015
Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He had a long association with William Morris and was responsible for the design of the hugely influential Red House, Morris's first home.

In this collection, Philip Webb's letters have been drawn together by John Aplin. They tell a fascinating story of Webb's life and work, and the corresponding notes to each text will help the reader to understand the meaning and context of the letters. This work will be of interest to art and architecture historians alike.

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Imprint:   Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 102mm
Weight:   2.676kg
ISBN:   9781848934986
ISBN 10:   184893498X
Series:   The Pickering Masters
Pages:   1456
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Volume I: 1864-1887; Volume II: 1888-1898; Volume III: 1899-1902; Volume IV: 1903-1914

John Aplin is an independent writer and researcher. He edited Pickering & Chatto's 5-volume collection The Correspondence and Journals of the Thackeray Family (2011).

Reviews for The Letters of Philip Webb

These 1100 letters from 1864-1914 are a fascinating insight into the life of a quiet, generous man. Comprehensive footnotes give context to the correspondence and the index, always vital in collections of this sort, is full and helpful. - Penny Lyndon, The Journal of William Morris Studies Philip Webb's letters are endlessly informative and enjoyable, but John Aplin's footnotes are themselves a delight. Never over-intrusive, they are nevertheless an important contribution to scholarship. - Peter Burman, SPAB, Autumn 2016 John Aplin has made a selection of 1,120 of Webb's letters [...] They give not only fascinating insight into his work and principles, but also a vivid impression of his admirable character [...] Their publication is an important contribution to our knowledge of the architectural and artistic history of the period covered. It forms an invaluable supplement to the biography by Lethaby (1935) - The Art Newspaper


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