Treasures of art in Great Britain, Volume 1: being an account of the chief collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, illuminated Mss., etc., etc.

This four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794–1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809–93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and lo...

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1. Verfasser: Waagen, Gustav Friedrich 1794-1868 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Eastlake, Elizabeth 1809-1893 (ÜbersetzerIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2015
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Art and architecture
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Zusammenfassung:This four-volume work by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794–1868), edited and translated by Lady Eastlake (1809–93), was published between 1854 and 1857. As Waagen explains in his preface, he had previously published an account of his experiences on his first visit to Britain in 1835, but this new and longer work was addressed primarily to a British audience. It also differs in that the earlier work was more of a general travelogue, whereas these volumes provide a more detailed catalogue - albeit in epistolary form - of works of art in public and private collections. Waagen was crucial to the adoption in Britain of the new approach to art history pioneered by German scholars, and his work is still consulted on matters of provenance. After an essay on the history of art collecting in Britain, Volume 1 describes the treasures of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy
Beschreibung:Originally published in London by J. Murray in 1854
Beschreibung:1 online resource (lix, 430 pages)
ISBN:9781139965385
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139965385