Portrait of a patron
Subtitle: the patronage and collecting of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744)
By: Susan Jenkins.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, UK; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780754641568
Subjects: Chandos, James Brydges, -- Duke of, -- 1674-1744.; Art patrons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Preface; value: Introduction; value: Curriculum vitae: ambitions, achievements, politics; value: Architectural patronage: the building of Cannons; value: Cannons: the interior decoration; value: The grounds of Cannons; value: After the crash: architectural and other projects; value: Collecting in context: collectors and collections; value: The Duke of Chandos as a collector; value: The Duke as Apollo of the arts; value: Death and disposal; value: Appendix 1: Selected list of works formerly belonging to or commissioned by James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744); value: Appendix 2: Brydges family tree; value: Bibliography.