This dictionary is the most comprehensive work of reference on the ship portraitists and marine artists who worked in Liverpool between the late eighteenth century and the present day. It includes 65 known portraitists and marine artists and an appendix of over a dozen other locally-based painters who produced an occasional marine work and about half a dozen possible marine artists who may have worked, visited or have been temporarily resident in the port. It is organised alphabetically by surname. Each entry includes a full biography of the artist; a summary of their main subjects, style and range of work; details of the main UK and US museums holding their paintings; and the principal published sources.

The dictionary includes 70 illustrations which are typical examples of the work of each of the main artists. These included: Samuel and Miles Walters, Joseph Heard, Robert Salmon, Francis Hustwick, William Jackson, John Jenkinson, Sam Brown, Odin Rosenvinge, Thomas Dove, William G Yorke and William H Yorke.

About the Author
Anthony Tibbles is Emeritus Keeper of Slavery History, National Museums Liverpool.

Reviews
'A major contribution to our understanding of the maritime culture of a major port at the height of its economic and political consequence.'
Professor Andrew Lambert, Kings College London

'The prospect of a reference book about artists generates a frisson of interest because art is almost invariably stimulating for what it says about its subject, the era in which it was created, and the artist. The best references situate their subjects in time and place and have excellent reproductions. With respect to the latter, Anthony Tibbles' A Dictionary of Liverpool Ship Portraitists and Marine Artists excels.' Lincoln Paine

Book Information
ISBN 9781802078275
Author Anthony Tibbles
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press