The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857
An edition of The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 (2011)
entrepreneurs, connoisseurs and the public
By Elizabeth A. Pergam
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Ashgate
Language
eng
Pages
382
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.
subjects: Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England), Art and society, History, Art, british, Art, exhibitions, Art appreciation, Art Treasures Exhibition (1857), Kunst, Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007032182 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no2007032182
Places: England, Manchester
Times: 19th century