This is the first study wholly devoted to the reception of Spanish art in Britain and Ireland. It examines the sources and extent of knowledge of Spanish art in the British Isles during an age
of increasing contacts, particularly in the aftermath of the Peninsular War. Focusing on Spanish art from the Golden Age to Goya, the contributions by leading scholars, which include three
reprinted articles by the late Enriqueta Harris Frankfort, chart the growth in understanding and appreciation of the Spanish School, and its punctuation by aesthetic controversy, persistent
distrust of religious images in Protestant Britain, and the successive 'discoveries' of individual artists - Murillo, Vel獺zquez, Ribera, Zurbar獺n, El Greco and Goya. It contains important new
research on importation, collecting and dealing, discusses the increase in access to and scholarship on works of art, including their reproduction through traditional and photographic methods,
and considers the role of women in reflecting the taste for the arts of Spain. NIGEL GLENDINNING is Emeritus Professor of Spanish and Fellow of Queen Mary University of London. HILARY MACARTNEY
is Honorary Research Fellow of the Institute for Art History, University of Glasgow.
