Author: Louis Thies
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Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Catalogue of the collection of engravings bequeathed to Harvard college by Francis Calley Gray
Author: Louis Thies
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Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings Bequeathed to Harvard College by Francis Calley Gray. By Louis Thies. [With a Portrait.]
A Descriptive Bibliography of the Most Important Books in the English Language, Relating to the Art & History of Engraving and the Collecting of Prints
Author: Howard Coppuck Levis
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Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Publisher:
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Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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A Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Between 1877 and 1900
Author: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). Library
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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A catalogue of the books in the library of the Royal academy of arts, London. [By H.R. Tedder]. [With suppl. entitled] A catalogue of books added ... between 1877 and 1900. (Roy. acad. of arts).
Author: Henry Richard Tedder
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Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Languages : en
Pages : 214
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The First Smithsonian Collection
Author: Helena E. Wright
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 193562363X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2015 Winner, Ewell Newman Award of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2016 In 1849 the Smithsonian purchased the Marsh Collection of European engravings. Not only the first collection of any kind to be acquired by the new Institution, it was also the first public print collection in the nation, and it presented an important symbol of cultural authority. The prints formed part of the library of Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. The uncertainty of the Smithsonian's mission in the early years complicated its motivation for purchasing the collection, especially given Marsh’s position as a Regent in financial difficulty. After a serious fire in 1865, portions of the collection were deposited at the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Efforts to reclaim it began in the 1880s, as a new generation of Smithsonian staff expanded the National Museum, but they achieved only mixed success. Through the story of the Marsh Collection, the book explores the cultural values attributed to prints in the 19th century, including their prominent role in expositions and their influence on visual culture at a time when collecting styles were moving from an individual’s private contemplation of artworks to wider public venues of exposition in museums and reception by multiple audiences. The history of this first Smithsonian collection enlivens an important stage in the development of American cultural identity and in the formation of the Smithsonian as a national institution.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 193562363X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2015 Winner, Ewell Newman Award of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2016 In 1849 the Smithsonian purchased the Marsh Collection of European engravings. Not only the first collection of any kind to be acquired by the new Institution, it was also the first public print collection in the nation, and it presented an important symbol of cultural authority. The prints formed part of the library of Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. The uncertainty of the Smithsonian's mission in the early years complicated its motivation for purchasing the collection, especially given Marsh’s position as a Regent in financial difficulty. After a serious fire in 1865, portions of the collection were deposited at the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Efforts to reclaim it began in the 1880s, as a new generation of Smithsonian staff expanded the National Museum, but they achieved only mixed success. Through the story of the Marsh Collection, the book explores the cultural values attributed to prints in the 19th century, including their prominent role in expositions and their influence on visual culture at a time when collecting styles were moving from an individual’s private contemplation of artworks to wider public venues of exposition in museums and reception by multiple audiences. The history of this first Smithsonian collection enlivens an important stage in the development of American cultural identity and in the formation of the Smithsonian as a national institution.
A Bibliography of American Books Relating to Prints and the Art and History of Engraving Also of Catalogues of Important Sales and Exhibitions of Prints Held in America
Author: Howard Coppuck Levis
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Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Catalogue of French Books
Author: Edwin F. Conely
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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The Golden Age of Engraving
Author: Frederick Keppel
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Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Engravers
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Includes index and appendices.
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Includes index and appendices.