Art and the Victorian middle class
Subtitle: money and the making of cultural identity
By: Dianne Sachko Macleod.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
Subjects: Art and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Art patronage -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Middle class -- England -- Identification.
Description: This is the first study of middle-class collection practices in nineteenth-century England. It examines the Victorian art world from the perspective of the businessmen whose successes during the Industrial Revolution caused them to turn to art as a means of carving out an identity of their own that was distinct from the leisured existence of the aristocracy and gentry.

Macleod's analysis of class, motivations, and patterns of consumption among patrons is supplemented by an indispensable appendix of collectors, making this an essential work of reference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-513) and index.
Includes biographical appendix of 146 collectors.