Collector of Genius. A life of Sir George Beaumont
Details:
- Author(s) Owen, Felicity, & David Blayney Brown
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1988
- Pages 248pp; illus
- Publisher Yale University Press for Paul Mellon Centre
- Place Published New Haven CT
Topics:
- Name Cultural assets collection & patronage
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work focused on Beaumont's art collecting. Chapters include: 'From Essex to Eton'; 'The education of an amateur'; 'Affairs of the heart'; 'The Grand Tour'; 'Disciple of Sir Joshua'; 'Art and politics'; 'Provis, price and the picturesque'; 'Coleorton and its muses'; 'A poet's heart'; 'Patronage'; 'Pamphlets and controversies'; 'Chiaroscuro'; 'Gift to the nation'