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Author Geddes Poole, Andrea

Title Stewards of the Nation's Art : Contested Cultural Authority 1890-1939
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1910

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Description 1 online resource (329 pages)
Summary Stewards of the Nation's Art examines the internal tensions between Britain's four main public art galleries' administrative directors, the aristocrats dominating the boards of trustees, and those in the Treasury who controlled the funds as well as board appointments
Notes Print version record
Subject National Gallery (Great Britain) -- Officials and employees
Tate Britain (Gallery) -- Officials and employees
Wallace Collection (London, England) -- Officials and employees
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) -- Officials and employees
SUBJECT National Gallery (Great Britain) fast
National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) fast
Tate Britain (Gallery) fast
Wallace Collection (London, England) fast
Subject Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Art and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Aristocracy (Social class)
Art and state
Employees
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442698703
1442698705