Treasures of art in Great Britain :
being an account of the chief collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, illuminated mss., &c. &c. /
by Dr. Waagen ...

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Main Author
Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, 1794-1868.
Related Names
Eastlake, Elizabeth, 1809-1893, translator.
Marjoribanks, Dudley Coutts, Sir, former owner.
Graves, Algernon.
Eastlake, Elizabeth Rigby, Lady, 1809-1893, tr.
Language(s)
English
Published
London : John Murray, 1854.
Subjects
Art > Great Britain.
Art > Private collections > Great Britain.
Art museums > Great Britain.
United Kingdom
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Summary
The set owned by Sir George Scharf, director of the National Portrait Gallery. Scharf has annotated and interleaved these pages with manuscripts and letters received, newspaper clippings, and printed pamphlets, in effect producing an unpublished corrected and enlarged second edition.
Note
Supplemented by: "Summary of an index to Waagen, by Algernon Graves" ([9], 366 p., plate. port. 25 cm.) published: London, Cornmarket, 1970. Facsim. of 1912 ed.
Supplemented by: "Summary of an index to Waagen, by Algernon Graves ..." (4 p.l., 366 pl, 1 l. front. (port.) 9 cm.) published: London, A. Graves, 1912. "Limited to 125 copies (including presentation) no. 64." Index also of supplementary volume, published in 1857.
A supplementary volume was published in 1857 under title: Galleries and cabinets of art in Great Britain.
Translated from the German by Lady Eastlake.
Physical Description
3 v. ; 22 cm.
ISBN
0719121043
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