'Origins of the London art market, 1660-1730' in D Ormrod & M North (eds), Art Markets in Europe, 1400-1800

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Author(s) Ormrod, David
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1998
Pages pp167-86
Publisher Ashgate Publishing
Place Published Aldershot

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County Greater London
Country England
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Covers the origins of the London art market - a then neglected area of historical research - and especially the rapid take off of auction sales from the 1680s. Deals with supply and demand issues and plays down the significance of import controls supposedly reducing supply and preventing the market's development in the early years of the period studied. Comprises two sections: 1] 'Import controls, taxation and the role of the state'; 2] 'Components of demand'