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Curating a Gentleman's Library: Practices of Acquisition, Display and Disposal in the Cottonian Collection, 1791-1816
… examines the book and archival holdings of the Cottonian Collection – a national designated eighteenth-century collection of fine art and books – between 1791 and 1816, the period of William Cotton II’s custodianship. Prior to this thesis, the Cottonian Collection has not been the subject of a …
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The Collecting Habits on an Eighteenth-Century Englishman of Discernment: Charles Rogers, FRS, FRA (1711-1784)
… Charles Rogers FRS FSA (1711-1784), and his collection of prints and drawings, within the vibrant cultural and intellectual milieu of the eighteenth-century art world. Structured around three interrelated strands: Rogers’ role as a connoisseur in the eighteenth-century art world, the scope …