Title Stewards of the nation's art : contested cultural authority, 1890-1939 / Andrea Geddes Poole

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Four Boards -- Edwardian Philanthropy to the Arts -- The Rosebery Minute -- Boards and Directors, 1890-1916 -- The Duchess of Milan -- Lord Curzon's Committee -- Acrimony and Accord, 1918-1939 -- Philanthropy between the Wars -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Boards of Trustees 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-296) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL 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 Art and society -- England -- History Art and state -- England -- History Art -- Museums -- England -- London -- Management Art -- Museums -- England -- London -- History ART -- African. ART -- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions -- Permanent Collections. ART -- Museum Studies. Art and society Aristocracy (Social class) Art and state Employees Museumsleiter Museumsverwaltung Kunstmuseum England Great Britain London Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2010293828 ISBN 9781442698703 1442698705 1442698713 9781442698710

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