Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World

How the Victorians Collected the World

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, History, Military
Cover of the book Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World by Jacqueline Yallop, Atlantic Books Ltd
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Author: Jacqueline Yallop ISBN: 9780857895615
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd Publication: May 1, 2011
Imprint: Atlantic Books Language: English
Author: Jacqueline Yallop
ISBN: 9780857895615
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Publication: May 1, 2011
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Language: English

During the Victorian age, British collectors were among the most active, passionate and eccentric in the world. Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves tells the stories of some of the nineteenth century's most intriguing collectors following their perilous journeys across the globe in the hunt for rare and beautiful objects.

From art connoisseur John Charles Robinson, to the aristocratic scholar Charlotte Schreiber, who ransacked Europe for treasure, and from London's fashionable Pre-Raphaelite circle to pioneering Orientalists in Beijing, Jacqueline Yallop plunges us into the cut-throat world of the Victorian mania for collecting.

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During the Victorian age, British collectors were among the most active, passionate and eccentric in the world. Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves tells the stories of some of the nineteenth century's most intriguing collectors following their perilous journeys across the globe in the hunt for rare and beautiful objects.

From art connoisseur John Charles Robinson, to the aristocratic scholar Charlotte Schreiber, who ransacked Europe for treasure, and from London's fashionable Pre-Raphaelite circle to pioneering Orientalists in Beijing, Jacqueline Yallop plunges us into the cut-throat world of the Victorian mania for collecting.

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