Landmarks in print collecting : connoisseurs and donors at the British Museum since 1753 / edited by Antony Griffiths

Griffiths, Antony [editor] (1951-). British Museum. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Baltimore Museum of Art. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Landmarks in Print Collecting: Connoisseurs and Donors at the British Museum since 1753 (Exhibition) (1996 : Houston, Tex.)

ISBN 10: 0714126098 / ISBN 13: 9780714126098

Published by London : Published by the British Museum Press and the Parnassus Foundation in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1996

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Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 304 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Huntington Art Collections ; The Baltimore Museum of Art ; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: 31 March-16 June 1996, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas ; 12 July-29 September 1996, Huntington Art Collections, San Marino, California ; 16 October 1996-5 January 1997, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland ; 25 January-6 April 1997, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnepolis, Minnesota" -- T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Published in association with: Parnassus Foundation and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Contents; Introduction : the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum and the history of print collecting / Antony Griffiths -- Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) / Antony Griffiths -- The Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-99) / Antony Griffiths -- John Sheepshanks (1787-1863) and his Dutch and Flemish etchings / Martin Royalton-Kisch -- William Smith (1808-76) and the rise of interest in early engraving / Antony Griffiths -- Felix Slade (1790-1868) / Antony Griffiths -- William Second Baron Cheylesmore (1843-1902) and the taste for mezzotints / Sheila O'Connell -- William Mitchell (1820-1908) and John Malcolm of Poltalloch (1805-93) / Stephen Coppel -- George Salting (1835-1909) / Stephen Coppel -- Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) / Frances Carey -- Curatorial collecting in the twentieth century / Frances Carey. Subjects; Sloane, Hans Sir (1660-1753). Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt (1730-1799). Sheepshanks, John (1787-1863). Smith, William (1808-1876). Slade, Felix (1790-1868). Cheylesmore, William Meriton Eaton Baron (1843-1902). Mitchell, William (1820-1908). Malcolm, John (1805-1893). Salting, George (1835-1909). Dodgson, Campbell (1867-1948). British Museum ; Exhibitions. British Museum. British museum (Londres) Catalogues d'exposition. British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings Exhibitions. British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings. Prints Collectors and collecting ; Exhibitions. Prints England London ; Exhibitions. Prints Collectors and collecting. Prints Collectors and collecting Great Britain Exhibitions. Prints Great Britain Exhibitions. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Landmarks in print collecting : connoisseurs and donors at the British Museum since 1753 / edited by Antony Griffiths
• Publisher: London : Published by the British Museum Press and the Parnassus Foundation in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714126098
• ISBN 13: 9780714126098
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

The Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum holds one of the world's greatest collections of prints, consisting of more than two million items. This book studies the history of the British Museum's collection of prints and drawings from the founding of the Museum in 1753. Ten essays describe the principal gifts, bequests and purchases that now form the core of the Museum's holding and nine appendices with unpublished documents taken from the Museum's archives are included. The book is illustrated with 100 examples of the finest prints from the collections described in the essays.