Art and Collecting

Edward Croft-Murray, Decorative Painting in England. (Littlehampton: Littlehampton Book Services, 1971). Partly illustrated survey of wall painting and decorative art from 16th to 19th centuries.

Roy Strong, The Tudor and Stuart Monarchy. 3 vols. (Boydell Press, 1999). Authoritative overview of 16th and 17th-century art, pageantry, iconography and court culture based around Strong’s collected academic writings.

William Gaunt, Court Painting in England (Constable, 1980). Popular survey of painting and sculpture from Tudor to Victorian times.

Arthur MacGregor, The Late King’s Goods (Oxford University Press, 1989). The collections and patronage of Charles I.

Christopher Lloyd and Simon Thurley, Henry VIII: Images of a Tudor King (Hampton Court Palace Exhibition, 1990). The many and various ways of understanding Henry VIII through the King’s art, his buildings and his patronage.

Dynasties: Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England, 1530-1630 (Tate Gallery Exhibition, 1995). Illustrated exhibition catalogue exploring the cultural aspects of portraiture.

Christopher Lloyd, Paintings in the Royal Collection (Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd., 1999). Fully illustrated thematic exploration of the patronage of the 4 great royal collectors – Charles I, George III, George IV and Victoria.

Jane Roberts (ed.), Royal Treasures, A Golden Jubilee Celebration (Royal Collection, 2002). Beautifully illustrated catalogue: chapters on all types of ‘art’ from Fabergé to arms and armour.

Jane Roberts (ed.), George III and Queen Charlotte; Patronage, Collecting  and Court Taste (The Royal Collection, 2004). Illustrated essays on royal art, residences and collecting.