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Ancient marbles in Great Britain
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- THE AUTHOR´S PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES AND WOODCUTS
- GEOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
- ERRATA AND ADDENDA
- INTRODUCTION, ON THE INFLUX OF ANTIQUE SCULPTURES INTO GREAT BRITAIN:
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I. THE ARUNDEL MARBLESAND OTHER EARLY COLLECTIONS
- 1. No antiques in England in the 16th century.
- 2. Henry, Prince of Wales.
- 3. Lord Arundcl's tours in Italy.
- 4. His Italian marbles.
- 5. The country of Greece.
- 6. Sir Thomas Roe in Constantinople.
- 7. William Petty.
- 8. The Duke of Buckingham.
- 9. Roe's and Petty's joint plans.
- 10. Arundel and Buckingham.
- 11. Petty's activity.
- 12. Roe's efforts.
- 13. Buckingham's marbles. Other collectors at Court.
- 14. Peacham's Compleat Gentleman.
- 15. Lord Arundel's Greek sculptures.
- 16. Increase of the collection. Its rising fame.
- 17. General view of the Arundel collection.
- 18. King Charles I.'s collection of antiquities.
- 19. Vicissitudes of the royal collection after 1649.
- 20. The Arundel collection during the Revolution.
- 21. The neglect thereof. The inscriptions presented to Oxford.
- 22. Dispersion of the whole collection.
- 23. The coins and gems.
- 24. The Pomfret marbles.
- 25. Thomas, Lord Pembroke.
- 26. The Mazarin collection.
- 27. the antiques in Wilton House.
- 28. Sir P. Lely, Lord Winchelsea, Lord Carteret, J. Kemp.
- 29. Dr. Mead.
- 30. Conyers Middleton. Collectors of coins. W. Courten. Hans Sloane.
- 31. The Duke of devonshire.
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II. THE GOLDEN AGE OF CLASSIC DELETTANTISM. ROME AND ENGLAND
- 32. Travels to the South in the time of the Stuarts.
- 33. The fashion of the 'grand tour.' Sir A. Fountaine. Lord Burlington.
- 34. Th. Coke (Lord Leicester).
- 35. Lord Carlisle, Lord Bessborough, Duke of Beaufort.
- 36. Other travelling collectors. The Richardsons.
- 37. Foundation of the Society of Delettanti.
- 38. Activity of its members.
- 39. State of things at Rome. Foundation of the Capitoline Museum.
- 40. Dealers and restorers. Cavaceppi.
- 41. Perry, the Walpoles, Hollis and Brand, and smaller collectors.
- 42. Lord Leicester.
- 43. Lord Egremont.
- 44. British artists in Rome. Gavin Hamilton.
- 45. Thomas Jenkins.
- 46. His practices.
- 47. His purchases of antiques.
- 48. Hamilton's and Jenkins' new excavations.
- 49. Results. Restorations.
- 50. King George III. The Duke of Marlborough.
- 51. British travellers.
- 52. Lyde Browne.
- 53. Lord Palmerston, Weddell, Gen. Walmoden.
- 54. Locke, Duke of Richmond, Duncombe, Jennings, Lord Exeter, Lord Yarborough, Lord Cawdor, &c.
- 55. Founding of the Vatican Museum.
- 56. Competitors from other quarters. Charles Townley.
- 57. Townley in London.
- 58. H. Blundell.
- 59. Smith-Barry, Mansel-Talbot, Sir Thomas Robinson, Duke of Dorset, Sir G. Strickland, Lord Temple, Duke of St. Albans, &c.
- 60. Lord Shelburne (Lanssowne).
- 61. Thomas Hope.
- 62. The Revolution in Rome and its consequences. Earl of Bristol.
- 63. William Hamilton and his first collection.
- 64. Sir W. Hamilton's second collection.
- 65. Relations with Greece.
- 66. Sir Richard Worsley.
- 67. Morritt, Lord Aberdeen, Clarke, Rob. Walpole, Hawkins.
- 68. Payne Knight as a collector. Lord Northwick.
- 69. Payne Knight as a litterateur. The Specimens of Antient Sculpture.
- 70. J. Dallaway.
- 71. Sales. Increase of the British Museum
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III. THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND THE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. GREECE AND ENGLAND.
- 72.Travellers in Greece: Dodwell, Gell, Leake.
- 73. Cockerell and other architects. Bassae.
- 74. Lord Elgin's undertakings.
- 75. The new Firman and its consequences.
- 76. Transport of the marbles to England.
- 77. Opposition to the Elgin marbles. Payne Knight.
- 78. Champions of the Elgin marbles. West, Fuseli, Haydon.
- 79. Attempts to sell the collection. Lord Byron.
- 80. Foreign aid. Visconti. Lord Elgin's renewed proposals.
- 81. The Phigalia marbles. Canova's visit. Select committee.
- 82. Deliberations of the committee. Literary warfare.
- 83. The purchase of the Elgin marbles for the British Museum.
- 84. The activity of the Society of Dilettanti.
- 85. Minor collectors. Westmacott, Rogers.
- 86. The Duke of Bedford.
- 87. Collectors at Rome. Duke of Buckingham, Lord Kinnaird, Disney, &c.
- 88. Sir William Temple. collectors at Athens: Lord Guilford, Burgon, Lady Ruthven.
- 89. Other collectors in Greece: Lord Strangford, Borrell, Woodhouse.
- 90. Collectors in London: Edwards, Burke, Chinnery, Sir J. Coghill, Sir H. Englefield, Sir J. Soane, Slade, Gen. Fox.
- 91. Decline of classical dilettantism.
- 92. Additions to the British Museum. Fellows. Sir Stratford Canning.
- 93. Discoveries of Newton, Wood, Pullan.
- 94. Salzmann and Biliotti, Cesnola, Smith and Porcher, Dennis, Davis.
- 95. Purchases of Farnese, Pourtales, Blacas, Castellani collections, &c.
- 96. Private collectors of marbles: Lord Lonsdale, Cook, &c.
- 97. Collectors of small antiques: Hertz, Mayer, Forman, Auldjo, &c.
- 98. Perils of private collection.
- 99. Evils of private collections.
- 100. Passing of private collections into public museums.
- APPENDIX (Letters of Sir Thomas Roe)
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CATALOGUE OF COLLECTIONS.
- Explanation of some abbreviations
- St. Ann's Hill, Surrey (Lady Holland)
- Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire (Marquis of Northampton)
- Battlesden, Bedfordshire (D. Bromilow, Esq.)
- Bignor Park, Sussex (C. H. T. Hawkins, Esq.)
- Birmingham, Warwickshire (J. A. Crane, Esq.)
- Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (Duke of Marlborough)
- Boynton, Yorkshire (Sir W. Strickland)
- Broadlands, Hampshire (Rt. Hon. W. Cowper Temple)
- Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire (Earl of Yarborough)
- Broom Hall, Scotland (Earl of Elgin)
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- Canterbury, Kent (Museum)
- Chatsworth, Derbyshire (Duke of Devonshire)
- Chichester, Sussex (Museum)
- Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire (Duke of Newcastle)
- Colchester, Essex (Museum. Rev. J. H. Pollexfen)
- Dalkeith Palace, Scotland (Duke of Buccleuch)
- Deeprene, Surrey (Mrs Hope)
- Denton Hall, Northumberland (Lord Rokeby)
- Ditchley, Oxfordshire (Viscount Dillon
- Duncombe Park, Yorkshire (Earl of Feversham)
- Dunrobin Castle, Scotland (Duke of Sutherland)
- Easton Neston, Northamptonshire (Earl of Pomfret)
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- Hamilton Palace, Scotland (Duke of Hamilton)
- Hillingdor Court, Middlesex (Lady Mills)
- Holkham Hall, Norfolk (Earl of Leicester)
- Houghton Hall, Norfolk (Marquis of Cholmondeley)
- Hovingham, Yorkshire (Sir W. C. Worsley)
- Castle Howard, Yorkshire (Earl of Carlisle)
- The Hyde, Essex (J. Disney, Esq.)
- Ickworth, Suffolk (Earl of Bristol)
- Ince Blundell Hall, Lancashire (Th. Wld Blundell, Esq.)
- Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk (Sir J. Boileau)
- Kingston Lacy, Dorsetshire) W. R. Bankes, Esq.)
- Knole, Kent (Lord Sackville)
- Liverpool (Public Museum)
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London
- + Apsly House (Duke of Wellington)
- C. S. Bale, Esq.
- Burlington House (Society of Antiquaries)
- Col. Maitland Crichton
- Devonshire House (Duke of Devonshire)
- Lord Elcho
- R. Ford, Esq.
- A. W. Franks, Esq.
- Guildhall
- W. R. Hamilton, Esq., the late
- Holland House
- Lansdowne House (Marquis of Lansdowne)
- Lord Leicester
- Lord De Mauley
- Mr. Mellhuish
- Soane Museum
- South Kensington Museum
- Stafford House (Duke of Sutherland)
- Lord Wemyss
- Sir R. Westmacott, The late
- Lord Yarborough
- Lowther Castle, Westmoreland (Earl of Lonsdale)
- Marbury Hall, Cheshire (A. H. Smith Barry, Esq.)
- Margam, Glamorganshire (C. R. Mansel Talbot, Esy.)
- Narford Hall, Norfolk (A. C. Fountaine, Esq.)
- Newby hall, Yorkshire (Lady M. Vyner)
- Osborne, Isle of Wight (Royal Palace)
- Osterley Park, Middlesex (Earl of Jersey)
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- Penrice Castle, Glamorganshire (C. R. mansel Talbot, Esq.)
- Penshurst, Kent (Viscount De Lisle and Dudley)
- Petworth House, Sussex (Lord Leconfield)
- Pippbrook House, Surrey (Mrs. Seymour Burt)
- Ramsgate, Kent (H. Curling, Esq.)
- Richmond, Surrey (Francis Cook, Esq.)
- Rokeby Hall, Yorkshire (Col. Morritt)
- Rossie Priory, Scotland (Lord Kinnaird)
- Salisbury, Wiltshire (Blackmore Museum)
- Shobden, Herefordshire (Lord Bateman)
- Stanmore Hill, Middlesex (C. D. E. Fortnum, Esq.)
- Stourhead House, Wiltshire (Sir R. Hoare)
- Stratfield Saye, Hampshire (Duke of Wellington)
- Trentham Hall, Staffordshire (Duke of Sutherland)
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Admiral Spratt)
- Warwick Castle, Warwickshire (Earl of Warwick)
- Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire (F. W. T. Vernon-Wentworth, Esq.)
- Wentworth House, Yorkshire (Earl Fitzwilliam)
- Wilton House, Wiltshire (Earl of Pembroke)
- Wimbleden, Surrey (- Beaumont, Esq.)
- Windsor Castle, Berkshire (Royal Palace)
- Winton Castle, Scotland (Lady Ruthven)
- Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire (Duke of Bedford)
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LISTE OF PLATES AND WOODCUTS
- Plate I. Relief, girl with two doves (Brocklesby Park, no. 17)
- Plate II. Fragment of a statue of a Kistophoros (Cambridge, no. 1)
- Fig. 1. Right shoulder of the same statue
- Plate III. Head of Aphrodite (Holkham Hall, no. 37)
- Fig. 3. Relief, Zeus (Ince Blundell Hall, no. 259)
- Fig. 4. Relief, a Centaur (Ince Blundell Hall, no. 267)
- Plate V. Satue of an Amazon (Lansdowne House, no. 83)
- Plate VI. Statue of Hermes (Lansdowne House, no. 83)
- Plate VII. Bust of a heroine (Petworth House, no. 27)
- Fig. 5. Votive Relief to Zeus (Wilton House, no. 48)
- Plate IX. Relief, a Greek maiden (Woburn Abbey, no. 100)
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