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Art collecting and middle class culture from London to Brighton, 1840-1914
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Art collecting and middle class culture from London to Brighton, 1840-1914 / David Adelman.
ISBN
1003413838
9781003413837
9781032538235
9781032538242
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, [2024].
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 26, 2024).
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Biographical / Historical Note
David Adelman is an independent researcher in nineteenth century cultural history.
Summary
"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 of 1840-1914. Chapters focus on the collecting practices of five rich and upwardly mobile Victorians: William Coningham (1815-1884), Henry Hill (1813-1882), Henry Willett (1823-1905) and Harriet Trist (1816-1896) and her husband John Hamilton Trist (1812-1891). 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Adelman, David. Art collecting and middle class culture from London to Brighton 1840-1914 New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge research in art history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
'The Palace of Science, Art and Literature' and the mission to civilize the pelple of Brighton 1850-1914
William Coningham : connoisseur, radical polician, a collector of contraductions
How Henry Hill, bespoke tailor to the rich and self-made man, also became a gentleman of taste
The reinvention of Henry Willett, a collector of collections and an imaginary museum
The Pre-Raphaelite collection of Harriet and John Trist : a collecting couple in a companionate marriage : Final reflections and a royal parade in 1877.
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