The Second Exhibition of Prints, from the Collection of T. Harrison Garrett
Author : Thomas Harrison Garrett
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Page : 90 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Engraving
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Author : Thomas Harrison Garrett
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Page : 90 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Engraving
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 18,15 MB
Release : 1888
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Author : Thomas Harrison Garrett
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Engraving
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Author : Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute. Library
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Page : 784 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
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Author : John Pierpont Morgan
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Page : 104 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Etching
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Page : 712 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Union catalogs
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Author : New York Public Library
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Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Bibliography
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Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 716 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Catalogs, Union
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Author : Helena E. Wright
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 193562363X
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.
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Page : 780 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Dictionary catalogs
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