This book presents the history of a gentlemen’s club in London that was founded in 1866 for the purpose of exhibiting private art collections. It takes the main exhibition themes as a starting point to explore approaches to art, connoisseurship and display in a unique setting.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-01-11
Language: English
Number of Pages: 238
Edition: 1
Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
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