(Anthoensen Press) Brayton, Alice.  GEORGE BERKELEY IN NEWPORT.

Boston: To The Colony Club from the author, 1954, 4to, cloth-backed paper-covered boards, publisher’s slipcase. frontispiece, 129 pages.

Minor rubbing to spine, else a near fine copy in near fine slipcase. Printed by the Anthoensen Press in Portland, ME. An account of Berkeley’s tour in Newport, RI which details his ventures from purchasing a plantation to his immersion to American art. His companion, John Smibert, is regarded as being the founding father of American portrait painting.  

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