Sporting Art in 18th century England. Stephen Deuchar

by Deutsher, Stephen

British Sports.  Sporting Art in Eighteenth-Century England. A Social and Political History. Stephen Deuchar.
First Edition. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by the Yale University Press. New Haven and London1988.
ISBN 0-30-4116-0. 293 x 235 x 20mm (11.5 x 9.25 x .75 inches)
Dust Jacket in fine condition. Gilt titled green cloth hardback, excellent. Internally, as new.

This is a beautiful book and an authoritative work on sporting art. The book also compares the social aspects that relate to sports, and proves that an interest in sporting art does not necessarily correlate with an interest in sport.