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

This four-volume work on art in Britain by Gustav Waagen, translated by Lady Eastlake, was published between 1854 and 1857.

Gustav Friedrich Waagen (Author), Elizabeth Eastlake (Edited and translated by)

9781108078887, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 April 2015

498 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: The arts: general issues [AB]