Making history : antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 / with an introduction by David Starkey
2007, First Edition. London : Royal Academy of Arts. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #416570
ISBN: 1905711034
Physical description; 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Making history: antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007', a joint exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts and the Society of Antiquaries of London, Royal Academy of Arts, London 15 September - 2 December 2007"--Prelim. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents
Making history / David Starkey -- The discovery of Britain. Mists of time / Graham Parry -- Earliest antiquaries / Graham Parry -- "To encourage the ingenious and curious" Founders and Fellows / Rosemary Sweet -- Collecting for Britain / Bernard Nurse -- Antiquaries in action 1707-1850. Opening the tomb / Barry M. Marsden and Bernard Nurse -- Lost and found / Elizabeth Lewis -- The art of recording / Sam Smiles -- Bringing truth to light / Bernard Nurse -- Antiquaries and the arts / Stephen Calloway -- From antiquaries to archaeologists 1850-2007. The birth of modern archaeology / Christopher Evans -- Rescuing the past / David Gaimster -- Communicating the past: from the earth to the airwaves / Carenza Lewis -- Face to face with the past / Bill White -- Stonehenge / Mike Pitts. Subjects; Blake, William 1757-1827. Brown, Ford Madox 1821-1893. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley Sir 1833-1898. Constable, John 1776-1837. Girtin, Thomas 1775-1802. Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus 1733-1794. Morris, William 1834-1896. Rowlandson, Thomas 1756-1827. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851. Society of Antiquaries of London ; Exhibitions. Antiquarians England History ; Exhibitions. Archaeology Great Britain History ; Exhibitions. Archaeology Methodology ; Exhibitions. Historiography History. Archaeology History. History in art.
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