Sir Richard Wallace

'The Most Fortunate Man of his Day': Connoisseur, Collector & Philanthropist

Suzanne Higgott (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

428 Seiten

2023
Pallas Athene Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84368-226-4 (ISBN)

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The first book dedicated to the fascinating nineteenth-century art collector and philanthropist Richard Wallace, with 490 illustrations and new information on Wallace’s origins and life.

A richly illustrated book about the celebrated connoisseur, collector and philanthropist Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), published by the Wallace Collection to mark the bicentenary of his birth.

Includes 490 illustrations and new information on Wallace’s origins and life.

CONTENTS
foreword by xavier bray, director of the wallace collection 7
acknowledgements 10
PART ONE 15
1 who was sir richard wallace? 15
ii art agent to lord hertford and independent collector, 1842–57 41
iii curating lord hertford’s collection 75
iv a sense of place and purpose 117
PART TWO 157
v expanding the collection 157
vi curating the collection 205
vii taking art to the public 273
PART THREE 319
viii sir richard wallace’s death and its aftermath 319
Explanations: Prefixes, Dimensions and Glossary 348
Images of Wallace Collection works of art mentioned but not illustrated in the text 349
Map of Hertford and Wallace properties in Paris 366
A note on currency and prices 368
Chronology 369
Exhibitions to which Sir Richard and Lady Wallace made loans 383
Notes 386
Select Bibliography 417
Picture credits 421
Index 424

Erscheinungsdatum	28.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	68 Illustrations, black and white; 401 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	197 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1870 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-84368-226-5 / 1843682265
ISBN-13	978-1-84368-226-4 / 9781843682264
Zustand	Neuware