The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting / edited by Gervase Jackson-Stops [exhibition catalogue]
by Jackson-Stops, Gervase]
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- ISBN 13
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Washington [D.C.] New Haven ; London : National Gallery of Art ; Yale University Press, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 680 pages; Catalogue of a loan exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 3 Nov. 1985-16 March 1986. Text ed. by Gervase Jackson-Stops. Contents: Essays. Temples of the arts / Gervase Jackson-Stops -- The power house / Mark Girouard -- Portraiture and the country house / Oliver Millar -- The Englishman in Italy / Brinsley Ford -- The British as collectors / Francis Haskell -- The backward look / John Cornforth -- The last hundred years / Marcus Binney and Gervase Jackson-Stops -- The catalogue. From castle to country house -- The grand tour -- The gentleman collector -- The romantic vision. 680 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., music, ports. ; 28 cm. Subjects: Art - Collectors and collecting - Great Britain - History. Art patronage - Great Britain - Exhibitions.
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- Title
- The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting / edited by Gervase Jackson-Stops [exhibition catalogue]
- Author
- Jackson-Stops, Gervase]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300035330
- ISBN 13
- 9780300035339
- Publisher
- Washington [D.C.] New Haven ; London : National Gallery of Art ; Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Ct, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1985
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