A richly illustrated book about the celebrated connoisseur, collector and philanthropist Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), published by the Wallace Collection to mark the bicentenary of his birth.<\/p>\n
Includes 490 illustrations and new information on Wallace’s origins and life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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
\nforeword by xavier bray, director of the wallace collection 7
\nacknowledgements 10
\nPART ONE 15
\n1 who was sir richard wallace? 15
\nii art agent to lord hertford and independent collector, 1842–57 41
\niii curating lord hertford’s collection 75
\niv a sense of place and purpose 117
\nPART TWO 157
\nv expanding the collection 157
\nvi curating the collection 205
\nvii taking art to the public 273
\nPART THREE 319
\nviii sir richard wallace’s death and its aftermath 319
\nExplanations: Prefixes, Dimensions and Glossary 348
\nImages of Wallace Collection works of art mentioned but not illustrated in the text 349
\nMap of Hertford and Wallace properties in Paris 366
\nA note on currency and prices 368
\nChronology 369
\nExhibitions to which Sir Richard and Lady Wallace made loans 383
\nNotes 386
\nSelect Bibliography 417
\nPicture credits 421
\nIndex 424<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41886,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41147","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-suzanne-higgott","8":"publisher-pallas-athene","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n