{"product_id":"treasures-of-art-in-great-britain-being-an-account-of-the-chief-collections-of-paintings-drawings-sculptures-illuminated-mss-paperback-9781108078917","title":"Treasures of Art in Great Britain; Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108078917","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTreasures of Art in Great Britain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis four-volume work on art in Britain by Gustav Waagen, translated by Lady Eastlake, was published between 1854 and 1857.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGustav Friedrich Waagen (Author), Elizabeth Eastlake (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108078917, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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, 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 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. After an essay on the history of art collecting in Britain, Volume 1 describes the treasures of the British Museum, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Passage to London\u003cbr\u003e 2. Physiognomy of London\u003cbr\u003e 3. The British Museum\u003cbr\u003e 4. Townley Collection\u003cbr\u003e 5. Byzantine Mss.\u003cbr\u003e 6. Anglo-Saxon and English Mss.\u003cbr\u003e 7. German Mss.\u003cbr\u003e 8. Drawings by the Old Masters in the British Museum\u003cbr\u003e 9. Niello plates\u003cbr\u003e 10. The National Gallery\u003cbr\u003e 11. Pictures of the English school in Marlborough House\u003cbr\u003e 12. Works of art at the Royal Academy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: The arts: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The arts: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20arts:%20general%20issues%20%5BAB%5D%22\"\u003eAB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005113651480,"sku":"9781108078917","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108078917i.jpg?v=1696751703","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/treasures-of-art-in-great-britain-being-an-account-of-the-chief-collections-of-paintings-drawings-sculptures-illuminated-mss-paperback-9781108078917","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}