Review of reviews: Books

The Ear of the Beholder Huon Mallalieu (Thomas ...

Alexander Marshal–this country’s first major botanical painter–deserves to be better known, writes Tiffany Daneff, after seeing his luminous originals in the Royal Collection

Creating the Coronation invitation was the job of a lifetime for heraldic artist Andrew Jamieson , as Charlotte Reather discovers

Johannes Vermeer brightened his native Delft with luminous pictures of women caught in intimate moments, but the serenity of his work, of which he produced remarkably little, is at odds with a life mired in debt, as Carla Passino discovers

Holbein Elizabeth Goldring (Paul Mellon Centre, £40) ACCORDING ...