The Public Art Museum in Nineteenth Century Britain
Subtitle: The Development of the National Gallery (Perspectives on Collecting)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780754632368
Subjects: History; Museum techniques; Europe - Great Britain - General; Art museums; Art & Art Instruction; Modern - 19th Century; History: World; Great Britain; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides; United Kingdom, Great Britain; National Gallery (Great Britai; 19th century; Art; Collectors and collecting
First sentence: Until the mid-nineteenth century, the few public museum interiors in Britain were very similar to those of the private galleries.