Joseph Severn : a life : the rewards of friendship / Sue Brown.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

xii, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

A hazardous childhood -- The Royal Academy student -- Painter and poet -- The warm south -- Piazza di Spagna -- 'Thanks Joe' -- 'The most striking year of my life' -- The RA pensioner -- 'Searching for fame and fortune' -- Love, marriage, and persecution -- 'Everybody's man and a very obliging creature': Severn in his Roman prime -- Going home -- The passion for fresco -- The friend of Keats -- An interlude in Pimlico -- British consul -- The new Rome -- Keeper of the flame -- Epilogue: a fitting place.

Includes bibliographical references and index.