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Book Catalogue of a Collection of Engravings Etchings and Lithographs by Women

Download or read book Catalogue of a Collection of Engravings Etchings and Lithographs by Women written by Grolier Club and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The First Smithsonian Collection

Download or read book The First Smithsonian Collection written by Helena E. Wright and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outstanding Academic Title, Choice, 2015 Winner, Ewell Newman Award of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, 2016 In 1849 the Smithsonian purchased the Marsh Collection of European engravings. Not only the first collection of any kind to be acquired by the new Institution, it was also the first public print collection in the nation, and it presented an important symbol of cultural authority. The prints formed part of the library of Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents. The uncertainty of the Smithsonian's mission in the early years complicated its motivation for purchasing the collection, especially given Marsh’s position as a Regent in financial difficulty. After a serious fire in 1865, portions of the collection were deposited at the Library of Congress and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Efforts to reclaim it began in the 1880s, as a new generation of Smithsonian staff expanded the National Museum, but they achieved only mixed success. Through the story of the Marsh Collection, the book explores the cultural values attributed to prints in the 19th century, including their prominent role in expositions and their influence on visual culture at a time when collecting styles were moving from an individual’s private contemplation of artworks to wider public venues of exposition in museums and reception by multiple audiences. The history of this first Smithsonian collection enlivens an important stage in the development of American cultural identity and in the formation of the Smithsonian as a national institution.

Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by Maggs Bros and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York

Download or read book Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York written by Grolier Club and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Library of H Peirce of Philadelphia

Download or read book The Library of H Peirce of Philadelphia written by Harold Peirce and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired

Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

Download or read book Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Collecting Prints Posters and Ephemera

Download or read book Collecting Prints Posters and Ephemera written by Ruth E. Iskin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did collectors seek out posters and collect ephemera during the late-nineteenth and the twentieth centuries? How have such materials been integrated into institutional collections today? What inspired collectors to build significant holdings of works from cultures other than their own? And what are the issues facing curators and collectors of digital ephemera today? These are among the questions tackled in this volume-the first to examine the practices of collecting prints, posters, and ephemera during the modern and contemporary periods. A wide range of case studies feature collections of printed materials from the United States, Latin America, France, Germany, Great Britain, China, Japan, Russia, Iran, and Cuba. Fourteen essays and one roundtable discussion, all specially commissioned from art historians, curators, and collectors for this volume, explore key issues such as the roles of class, politics, and gender, and address historical contexts, social roles, value, and national and transnational aspects of collecting practices. The global scope highlights cross-cultural connections and contributes to a new understanding of the place of prints, posters and ephemera within an increasingly international art world.

Book Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston

Download or read book Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: