xiv, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Previously published as: A strange business : making art and money in nineteenth-century Britain. London : Atlantic Books, 2014.
Contents:
Introduction: A sharp and shining point -- Conditions of success -- Patron old style: "Business is often friendship's end" -- Patron new style: "The delicate lips of a horse" -- Painter: "Painting is a strange business" -- Sculptor: Creating intelligent life -- Dealer: "I have picked up a few little things" -- Colourman: "The dangerous symptoms he labours under" -- Engraver: "Brother scrapers" -- Publisher: "Six hundred and eighty-five ways to dress eggs" -- Curator: "The awful care" -- Spectator: "So useful it is to have money, heigh-ho" -- A gigantic birdcage.
Subject Terms:
Art and business -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Arts -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Arts -- Great Britain -- Finance. | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. | Art and business. | Arts. | Arts -- Finance. | Social conditions. | Great Britain.