Research Catalog

Title

The arts and crafts of Napoleonic and American prisoners of war, 1756-1816 / Clive L. Lloyd.

Author

Lloyd, Clive L.

Publication

Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, c2007.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

334 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 30 cm.

Summary

"Illustrated here is an extensive selection of items from museums around the world and the author's own collection - one of the largest private collections of prisoner of war artefacts in existence. All reveal the incredible skills of these imprisoned craftsmen. The items - delicate, intricate and highly detailed - include boxes, toys and automata made from bone, straw or paper, as well as paintings by artists whose work is now much in demand. The creation of these pieces seems even more remarkable when the conditions under which they would have been made and the extreme limitations the prisoners would have endured in terms of access to materials and resources are considered."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1700-1899
• Geschichte 1756-1816
• Decorative arts > Great Britain > History > 18th century
• Decorative arts > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Prisoners of war as artists > Great Britain > History > 18th century
• Prisoners of war as artists > Great Britain > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction and authenticity -- The depot markets -- The inner markets -- The straw workers, plaiters, and marquetry artists -- The prisoner bone-workers -- Rolled paper work and paper sculpture -- Automata and mechanical toys -- Games, games-boxes and pastime trivia -- Artists -- The Freemason prisoner of war -- An English/American officer in France -- The gamblers and the brokers -- The entertainers -- The forgers and the coiners.

ISBN

• 9781851495290
• 1851495290

OCLC

150361284

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library