A fully illustrated, comprehensive, and scholarly catalogue of the paintings in the Ashmolean Museum's collection by French artists born between 1775 and 1875 The only complete catalogue of French paintings of the period in the Ashmolean Museum, this comprehensive and scholarly study explores their rich collection of nineteenth-century French art. Continuing a convention set by earlier Ashmolean catalogues that mirrors the concept of the long nineteenth century, the book defines nineteenth-century French artists as those born between 1775 and 1875. Stretching into the twentieth century, it covers a fascinating range of paintings including works by Louis-Leopold Boilly, Camille, Lucien, and Fe lix Pissarro, Henri Fantin-Latour, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Ce zanne, Claude Monet, and Henri Matisse. The catalogue was compiled by the late distinguished art historian Jon Whiteley. In each entry, Whiteley draws upon his encyclopaedic knowledge of French art and the Ashmolean holdings. Provenance, literature, and exhibition history are recorded as well as extensive technical notes and information on frames. The entries on each work are accompanied by new, high-quality photography and comparative images, resulting in a complete and thorough documentation of this important part of the Ashmolean collection of Western art, providing an informative contribution to existing scholarship. Distributed for Modern Art Press

1950s suspense thriller starring Dirk Bogarde as a wanted man. Hapless murderer Chris Lloyd (Dirk Bogarde) takes flight from his crime with 6-year-old witness Robbie (Jon Whiteley) in tow. As they head towards the Scottish border, the fugitive begins to strike up a relationship with the boy, who has problems of his own.

Family drama starring Duncan Macrae. In Scotchtown, Nova Scotia, Jim MacKenzie (Macrae) is bitter over the death of his son in the Boer War. He reluctantly takes in his orphaned grandchildren, Harry (Jon Whiteley) and Davy (Vincent Winter), but forbids them to have any pets. When the boys find an abandoned baby, however, they decide to take the child in and look after it...