Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.

by Gustav Friedrich Waagen

Overview

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 to the first volume, 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, after an introductory essay, 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 and quality. Volume 3 describes collections in stately homes, museums and public galleries outside London.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108078887
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/02/2015
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

23. Stanstead House; 24. Oxford; 25. Winchester cathedral and College; 26. Bath; 27. Birmingham; 28. Edinburgh; 29. York; 30. Chatsworth; 31. Alton Towers; 32. Holkham House; 33. Cambridge.