The book commemorates the life of Howard Hinton OBE (10 November 1866 to 23 January 1948), who was a leading Australian art patron and benefactor, supporting many Australian painters and donating paintings to various institutions, such as, the National Art Gallery of New South Wales.
The book contains a catalogue of pictures presented to the Teachers' College, Armidale, and to the National Art Gallery of New South Wales.
It is covered in original cloth with "HH" gold gilt lettering to the cover. Contains a colour portrait of Howard Hinton and and 73 full-page plates of which 20 are colour. Includes commentary by R H Goddard, C.B. Newling, Norman Lindsay and John Fountain.
Howard Hinton - Patron of Art
Title: HOWARD HINTON: Patron of Art
Author: R.H. Goddard, C.B Newling, Normal Lindsay, John Fountain
Edition: First Edition
Publication Date: 1951
Publisher: Angus and Robertson, Sydney and London
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224 pages
Dust Jacket: Yes
Condition: Colour fading in patches on spine. Dustcover has some rips and held together with sticky tape. Tanning to inside front cover. Some foxing to front end paper, half-title page and title page. Otherwise, binding is tight. Text, photos and illustrations clear and unmarked.
ISBN: N/A
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