1.0ACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukACC Art Books UKhttps://www.accartbooks.com/ukrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="n9067puoiN"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/sir-richard-wallace/">Sir Richard Wallace</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/sir-richard-wallace/embed/#?secret=n9067puoiN" width="600" height="338" title="“Sir Richard Wallace” — ACC Art Books UK" data-secret="n9067puoiN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9781843682264-04-1-600x716.jpg600716Title: Sir Richard Wallace, Pages: 428 Pages, Publish Date: 4th May 2023, Author: Suzanne Higgott, ISBN: . The first book dedicated to the fascinating nineteenth-century art collector and philanthropist Richard Wallace, with 490 illustrations and new information on Wallace’s origins and life.CONTENTS foreword by xavier bray, director of the wallace collection 7 acknowledgements 10 PART ONE 15 1 who was sir richard wallace? 15 ii art agent to lord hertford and independent collector, 1842–57 41 iii curating lord hertford’s collection 75 iv a sense of place and purpose 117 PART TWO 157 v expanding the collection 157 vi curating the collection 205 vii taking art to the public 273 PART THREE 319 viii sir richard wallace’s death and its aftermath 319 Explanations: Prefixes, Dimensions and Glossary 348 Images of Wallace Collection works of art mentioned but not illustrated in the text 349 Map of Hertford and Wallace properties in Paris 366 A note on currency and prices 368 Chronology 369 Exhibitions to which Sir Richard and Lady Wallace made loans 383 Notes 386 Select Bibliography 417 Picture credits 421 Index 424