The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857
Subtitle: entrepreneurs, connoisseurs and the public
By: Elizabeth A. Pergam
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Surrey, UK, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781409418306
Subjects: Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England); Art and society; History
Other titles: Entrepreneurs, connoisseurs and the public
Description: An overdue study of a groundbreaking event, this is the first book-length examination of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857. Highlighting the tension between art and commerce, philanthropy and profit, the book examines the Exhibition's organisation and the presentation of works of art in the Art Treasures Palace.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-344) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The first blockbuster; title: Art and commerce in Manchester at mid-century; title: "What to see and where to see it"; title: Guiding and recording : from pamphlets to photography; title: Practicing art history; title: Profiting through art.