Degas

As well as a biographical sketch, an essay on Degas's working methods and materials and a discussion of his reputation in Britain, in the context of his life and artistic milieu as well as his place in the Impressionist movement, this book has catalogue entries on 14 works owned by or on loan to the National Gallery. Ashok Roy is Director of Scientific Research at the National Gallery, London. ChristopherR iopelle is Curator of Nineteenth-Cen tury Paintings at the National Gallery, London. David Bomford is Senior Restorer at the National Gallery, London. Jo Kirby is Senior Scientific Officer at the National Gallery, London. Sarah Herring is Isaiah Berlin Assistant Curator of Nineteenth-Century Paintings at the National Gallery, London.