Cotton to gold
Subtitle: extraordinary collections of the industrial North West
Contributors: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Blackburn, England); Haworth Art Gallery; Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums
Publisher: Two Temple Place
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780957062849
Subjects: Exhibitions; Private collections; Collectors and collecting; Museum exhibits; Art museums; Art; Objets exposés; Expositions; Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Blackburn, England); Haworth Art Gallery; Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums; Towneley Hall Art Gallery (Burnley)
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at Two Temple Place, London, 31 Jan.-19 Apr. 2015, curated by Cynthia Johnston and Jack Hartnell.

"Pennine Lancashire Museums Partnership."

"For the first time the collections of three Pennine Lancashire Museums have been brought together: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Haworth Art Gallery in Accrington and Towneley Hall in Burnley."--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-93).
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Charles M.R. Hoare; title: Introduction; title: Essays. How cotton became gold / Cynthia Johnston and Jack Hartnell. 'Of kindly heart and firm conviction' : philanthropic lives of the industrial North West / Cynthia Johnston. The power of the collection / Jack Hartnell; title: Catalogue. Robert Edward Hart : books and the history of writing : coins; title: Thomas Boys Lewis : Japanese prints : icons; title: Edward Stocks-Massey : Turner watercolours; title: George A. Booth : taxidermied birds; title: Arthur C. Bowdler : beetles; title: George Eastwood : ivories; title: William T. Taylor : Huacos and Peruvian mummy; title: Wilfred Dean : Millais drawings; title: Jesse Haworth : Landseer prints; title: James Hardcastle : book illustrations; title: Joseph Briggs : Tiffany glass; title: Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum; title: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery; title: Haworth Art Gallery; title: Object list.