The Wallace Collection is perhaps the greatest single art collection ever gifted to a nation. That this came about is due to Sir Richard Wallace. Born in 1818, Wallace was a philanthropist during a period renowned for its strong philanthropic ethos. He was already an acknowledged connoisseur when, in 1870, he unexpectedly inherited the celebrated art collection of Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, together with great wealth. This remarkable windfall enabled him to indulge his twin passions: collecting, and enriching public education through art. Although he died in 1890 without having bequeathed his collection at Hertford House in London to the nation, his French widow, Lady Wallace, was undoubtedly fulfilling his wishes in doing so on her death in 1897. <\/p>\n
This is the first book exclusively dedicated to Sir Richard Wallace. Lavishly illustrated with more than 490 pictures, it includes much new information about his mysterious origins and his fascinating life in England, Ireland and France.<\/p>\n
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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. Text in French.
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":47648,"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-43078","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-suzanne-higgott","8":"author-translated-by-philippe-mothe","9":"publisher-pallas-athene","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n