Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World
How the Victorians Collected the World
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, History, Military
| Author: | Jacqueline Yallop | ISBN: | 9780857895615 |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books Ltd | Publication: | May 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Atlantic Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jacqueline Yallop |
| ISBN: | 9780857895615 |
| Publisher: | Atlantic Books Ltd |
| Publication: | May 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Atlantic Books |
| Language: | English |
During the Victorian age, British collectors were among the most active, passionate and eccentric in the world. Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves tells the stories of some of the nineteenth century's most intriguing collectors following their perilous journeys across the globe in the hunt for rare and beautiful objects.
From art connoisseur John Charles Robinson, to the aristocratic scholar Charlotte Schreiber, who ransacked Europe for treasure, and from London's fashionable Pre-Raphaelite circle to pioneering Orientalists in Beijing, Jacqueline Yallop plunges us into the cut-throat world of the Victorian mania for collecting.
During the Victorian age, British collectors were among the most active, passionate and eccentric in the world. Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves tells the stories of some of the nineteenth century's most intriguing collectors following their perilous journeys across the globe in the hunt for rare and beautiful objects.
From art connoisseur John Charles Robinson, to the aristocratic scholar Charlotte Schreiber, who ransacked Europe for treasure, and from London's fashionable Pre-Raphaelite circle to pioneering Orientalists in Beijing, Jacqueline Yallop plunges us into the cut-throat world of the Victorian mania for collecting.
