{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ACC Art Books UK","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk","author_name":"ACC Art Books UK","author_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk","title":"Sir Richard Wallace - ACC Art Books UK","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ec23e94p5Q\"><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=Ec23e94p5Q\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sir Richard Wallace&#8221; &#8212; ACC Art Books UK\" data-secret=\"Ec23e94p5Q\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9781843682264-04-1-600x716.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":716,"description":"Title: 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&rsquo;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&ndash;57 41 iii curating lord hertford&rsquo;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&rsquo;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"}