Art Collecting and Middle Class Culture From London to Brighton, - 1840191

This study explores the interplay between money, status, politics and art collecting in the public and private lives of members of the wealthy trading classes in Brighton during the period 1840-1914.Chapters focus on the collecting practices of five rich and upwardly mobile Victorians: William Coningham (1815-84), Henry Hill (1813-82), Henry Willett (1823-1905) and Harriet Trist (1816-96) and her husband John Hamilton Trist (1812-91). The book examines the relationship between the wealth of these would-be members of the Brighton bourgeoisie and the social and political meanings of their art collections paid for out of fortunes made from sugar, tailoring, beer and wine. It explores their luxury lifestyles and civic activities including the making of Brighton museum and art gallery, which reflected a paradoxical mix of patrician and liberal views, of aristocratic aspiration and radical rhetoric. It also highlights the centrality of the London art world to their collecting facilitated by the opening of the London to Brighton railway line in 1841.The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies and British history.

Product details

• Authors: David Adelman, Adelman David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032538235
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253823-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Sussex, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Cultural Studies, European History, The arts: general issues, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, ART / Museum Studies, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, British & Irish history, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Brighton and Hove, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, c 1840 to c 1849, The arts: general topics, Relating to middle socioeconomic groups / status