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A museum of one's own : private collecting, public gift

Higonnet, Anne

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Summary: By 1850 cash-flush Americans like J.P. Morgan, Henry Clay Frick, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Henry E. Huntington, Arabella Huntington, and Mildred and Robert Bliss went on collecting campaigns that netted masterpiece after masterpiece, along with the furniture and fittings of dozens of aristocratic residences. From the outset, these collectors planned to present their trophies to the public as...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Periscope Pub. 2009

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 708 HIG

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