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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850
Author: Mark WestgarthPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000050629
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 171
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 TallisPublisher:
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works of Art and Decorative Objects, the Property of His Grace The Duke of Hamilton, K.T., Wich Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods...
Author: Decorative Furniture and Objects of Art
Author: Illustrations of Roman London
Author: Charles Roach SmithPublisher:
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Category : Classical antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Catalogue of the Museum of London Antiquities
Author: Charles Roach SmithPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The Directories of London, 1677-1977
Author: Peter J. AtkinsPublisher: London ; New York : Mansell
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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The Fine Private Library of the Late Oliver Henry Perkins, Des Moines, Iowa
Author: Oliver Henry PerkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Illustrated History of Furniture
Author: Frederick LitchfieldPublisher:
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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