The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer in Britain 1815-1850 : the commodification of historical objects
Title:
The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer in Britain 1815-1850 : the commodification of historical objects
The histories of material culture and collecting, 1700-1950
Histories of material culture and collecting, 1700-1950.
Author:
Westgarth, Mark, author.
ISBN:
9781409405795
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Publication Information:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Physical Description:
x, 191 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series:
The histories of material culture and collecting, 1700-1950
Histories of material culture and collecting, 1700-1950.
General Note:
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southampton, 2006, under the title: The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer 1815-c.1850: the commodification of historical objects. |
Contents:
The space of the discourse-- The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer-- The space of consumption-shops, auctions, exhibitions.
Abstract:
"Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenth-century antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent 'art market turn' in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialized, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early-nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803-1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early-nineteenth-century Britain, centered around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialization of culture, and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies, and nineteenth century culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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