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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 534

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Author: British Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 654

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Author: Mark Westgarth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000050629
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 171

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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.

Author: Clive Wainwright
Publisher: Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
ISBN: 9780300042252
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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Author: Sheena Stoddard
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ISBN: 9780900199134
Category : Brislington (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 61

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Author: Charles Locke Eastlake
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
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Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 412

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Author: Herbert Byng Hall
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Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Author: Hugh Roberts
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ISBN: 9780500976104
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 453

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George IV (1762-1830) was a gifted royal patron whose love of fine objects and taste for the theatrical and the romantic are well documented. In this pioneering study Hugh Roberts focuses on the King's last and greatest commission: the rebuilding and refurnishing of the Private Apartments at Windsor Castle. Drawing on much previously unpublished material, including royal correspondence, original accounts, and detailed inventories, he reconstructs George IV's ambitious program. Always over budget, and never delivered swiftly enough for his liking, the project was still unfurnished when the King died in 1830. Much of the surviving furniture is still in its original setting at Windsor, and it is published here for the first time. Virtually every identified item is illustrated, and there are high-quality reproductions of the richly colored room designs and original drawings requested by the King. The furniture and fittings now form part of the Royal Collection, and they can still be seen in their superb surroundings when the Apartments are opened to the public each year.