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Lives of the founders, Augmentors. and other benefactors, of the British museum. 1570-1870: Based on new researches at the rolls house; in the departm

Lives of the founders, Augmentors. and other benefactors, of the British museum. 1570-1870: Based on new researches at the rolls house; in the departm

Edwards, Edward

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Art HistoryBusiness BiographiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353706912
ISBN13: 9789353706913
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 670
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind every great museum stands a web of lives, fortunes, and obsessions. Names built a national wonder. In Lives of the founders, augmentors, and other benefactors, of the British Museum, Edward Edwards traces how gifts, bequests, and hard-won scholarship shaped one of Londons defining institutions. Drawing on records from the Rolls House, the British Museum manuscript department, the Privy Council Office, and other archives, this is a vivid collective biography collection as much as an institutional history study, following the people who turned private cabinets into public inheritance. Spanning Britain 1570-1870, Edwards maps a world of antiquarians and collectors, political influence, and the steady rise of public knowledge. You will meet major benefactors and lesser-known figures alike, with particular attention to the early cornerstone of the collection and the enduring pull of a Sir Hans Sloane biography within the wider British Museum founding history. Part museum history volume, part london cultural history, it remains a museum studies reference for british history researchers and anyone drawn to the history of collecting: how objects travel, how reputations are made, and how institutions learn to serve the nation. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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