Companion to the Most Celebrated Private Galleries of Art in London - Containing Accurate Catalogues, Arranged Alphabetically, for

This 1844 work by Anna Jameson provides a guide to London collections and an insight into mid-nineteenth-century taste in art.

List of contents

General introduction; The Queen's Gallery; The Bridgewater Gallery; The Sutherland Gallery; The Grosvenor Gallery; The collection of the Marquis of Lansdowne; The collection of Sir Robert Peel; The collection of Mr Rogers.

Summary

A professional author of art and literary criticism as well as travel writing, Anna Jameson (1794–1860) published this book on the great private art collections of London in 1844. With an introductory essay and a catalogue raisonnée for each collection, this is a fascinating guide to mid-nineteenth-century taste in art.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Jameson, Jameson Anna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2014
• EAN: 9781108073844
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07384-4
• No. of pages: 458
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; London, Greater London, ART / European, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections