Queen Victoria's Army in Color: The British Military Paintings of Orlando Norie [Hardcover]

Peter Harrington (Author), Michel Tomasek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2007

Orlando Norie is considered to have been one of the foremost illustrators of the British army in the 19th century, with thousands of watercolors to his credit in public and private collections. His pictures are highly sought after and command high prices. Yet his life remained a mystery that is only now being uncovered. Many of these wonderful pictures are revealed here for the first time. The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection in Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, possesses one of the largest, if not the largest public collection of original military watercolors by Orlando Norie. The pictures in the Brown military collection range from single figure uniform studies or composites, to genre and battle scenes and at least one named portrait. These are published as a group for the first time along with Michel Tomaseks masterful account of Nories life, including comments on the artists British pictures by Peter Harrington.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 172 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (July 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764317768
• ISBN-13: 978-0764317767
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,160,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > British > Queen Victoria

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rated highly for the illustrations, November 10, 2008

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This review is from: Queen Victoria's Army in Color: The British Military Paintings of Orlando Norie (Hardcover)

I was not familiar with the artist Orlando Norie. However, his drawings thoughout this book on the British Army are truly outstanding, showing imaginative layout, persective and clarity of uniform details. This is not a coffee table book but a fantastic pictorial that you will want to delve into over and over again.