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Wondrous curiosities : ancient Egypt at the British Museum
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Wondrous curiosities : ancient Egypt at the British Museum / Stephanie Moser.
ISBN
0226542092 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226542096 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226542106 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226542102 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Internet Archive collection.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-303) and index.
Contents
Museum display, representation, and ancient Egypt
To pleasurably serve the mind : the didactic study collections of the early modern period
Wondrous curiosities : the display of the Sloane collection of Egyptian antiquities, 1759
Colossal monstrosities : the Townley installation of Egyptian antiquities, 1808
Monumental masterpieces : the exhibition of the collection of Henry Salt, 1823
Accessible oddities : the New Smirke Gallery and Egyptian Room, 1834 and 1837
Historical documents : the extended Smirke galleries, 1854-1880
Something for everyone : the British Museum and its creation of ancient Egypt.
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