[PDF] Rookwood eBook

Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 30,44 MB
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Fiction
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"Rookwood" is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name. The plot of the novel takes place in England, 1737. At a manor called Rookwood Place, there existed a legend claiming that a death would follow after a branch of an ancient tree would break. After a branch does fall from the tree, Piers Rookwood, the owner, dies. Luke Bradley soon discovers two things: that he is the son of Rookwood and that his mother was secretly married to him, thus making him a legitimate heir to the estate, something that Rookwood's widow and son Ralph won't stand for...

Author : Anita J. Ellis
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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Rookwood Pottery products and its glaze lines presented with the Cincinnati, Ohio, pottery's history from 1880 until 1967. Ellis, curator of the Cincinnati Art Museum, conclusively explains and illustrates in color both the Decorated Wares and Commercial Wares, which are categorized and defined for the first time. The most complete record of Rookwood pottery, marks, glossary of terms and all the glaze lines identified.

Author : Jeffrey B. Snyder
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors (
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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Over 800 color photos display the ceramic art pottery made by Rookwood Pottery from 1880 through 1967. Hand-painted decoration by Albert R. and Anna Marie Valentien, Matt Daly, William Hentschel, Kate C. Matchette, Mary Nourse, and Kataro Shirayamadani, among others, are shown on vases, urns, candlesticks, and plates. The text provides a history of the company, a detailed bibliography, and an index.

Author : Anita J. Ellis
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Indians in art
ISBN : 0821417398

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The nation's premier private collection of Rookwood art pottery featuring American Indian portraiture is on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum from October 2007 to January 2008. Rookwood and the American Indian: Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection is a remarkable exhibition catalogue that will be of interest well beyond the exhibition because of its unique subject matter. Fifty-two pieces produced by the Rookwood Pottery Company are showcased, many accompanied by black-and-white photographs of the American Indians portrayed by the ceramic artist. In addition, the catalogue includes a brief biography of each artist as well as curators' comments about the Rookwood pottery and the Indian apparel seen in the portraits. The catalogue also presents two essays. The first, "Enduring Encounters: Cincinnatians and American Indians to 1900," by ethnologist and co-curator Susan Labry Meyn, describes American Indian activities in Cincinnati from the time of the first settlers to 1900 and relates these events to national policy, such as the 1830 Indian Removal Act. Rookwood and the American Indian, by art historian Anita J. Ellis, concentrates on Rookwood's fascination with the American Indian and the economic implications of producing that line. Rookwood and the American Indian blends anthropology with art history to reveal the relationships between the white settlers and the Native Americans in general, between Cincinnati and the American Indian in particular, and ultimately between Rookwood artists and their Indian friends.