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Languages : en
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A catalogue of an assemblage of antique furniture, Buhl cabinets, magnificent Sèvres clock & candelabra, matchless Sèvres dejeuner, bronze life size figures, sculptures, Dresden, Chelsea and Oriental china, Mediaeval curiosities, about seventy portraits & ancient pictures, the first 108 lots of which are the property of the Executors of the late Sir Thomas Hammond, and part of the remainder are recently imported from Paris; also nearly new 6 3/4-octave repetition grand piano-forte, by Collard and Collard, and the musical instruments necessary for a brass band [1851].
The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850
Author: Mark Westgarth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000050629
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000050629
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.
John Tallis's London Street Views, 1838-1840
Author: John Tallis
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Monsieur Tonson
Disquisitions Upon the Painted Greek Vases, and Their Probable Connection with the Shows of the Eleusinian and Other Mysteries
Author: James Christie
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Category : Eleusinian mysteries
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Category : Eleusinian mysteries
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Illustrations of Roman London
Author: Charles Roach Smith
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Category : Classical antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Category : Classical antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Catalogue of the Museum of London Antiquities
Author: Charles Roach Smith
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The Directories of London, 1677-1977
Author: Peter J. Atkins
Publisher: London ; New York : Mansell
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Publisher: London ; New York : Mansell
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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A Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of Pictures
Author: Sir Robert Strange
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Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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