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Journal article
Locating Works of Art from Hamilton Palace
I would be most grateful for information about paintings and other items from Hamilton Palace for my major, eighteen-chapter book on Hamilton Palace and the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon from about 1600 to the present day, which will be published by National Museums Scotland.Evans, Godfrey
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Book chapter
Great expectations and modest transactions: art, commodity and collecting
By exploring the processes of collecting, which challenge the bounds of normally acceptable practice, this book debates the practice of collecting ‘difficult’ objects, from a historical and contemporary perspective; and discusses the acquisition of objects related to war and genocide, and those purchased from the internet, as well as considering...Lidchi, Henrietta
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Conference paper (unpublished)
William Morris and La Vie Seigneuriale: New light on the revival of tapestry weaving in England
The artist and designer William Morris taught himself to weave in 1879 and went on to produce some of the most celebrated tapestries of the 19th century. But how far can Morris’s writings on the revival of Medieval craft be accepted as the ethos behind his tapestries? Previously overlooked evidence...Wyld, Helen
English tapestry, La Vie Seigneuriale , Tapestry, William Morris, Weaving, England, Medieval craft revival, European tapestry, 19th century , and Arts and crafts
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Blog post
The legacy of The Great Exhibition - 170 years on
On 1 May 1851, The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations opened in a huge, purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. 170 years later, The Great Exhibition’s design legacies are still being felt.Blakey, Claire
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Book chapter
Prints and Post-Palissian Ceramics
Claire Blakey and Rachel King question the role of print sources in understanding the problematic subject of lead-glazed relief-moulded ceramics attributed to the French potter Bernard Palissy and the body of post-Palissian wares, most often identified as copies. They argue that the three-dimensional designs were based on a variety of...Blakey, Claire ; King, Rachel
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Book
L'histoire passe à table! : les 50 repas qui ont fait le monde
Du Canard Apicius à la Pêche Melba, en passant par le Foie de veau du doge de Venise, les Asperges à la Pompadour et le poulet Marengo, ce livre propose une histoire du monde en 50 recettes : le contexte historique pour chacune et, bien sûr, la marche à suivre...Godfroy-Tavart De Borms, Marion ; Dectot, Xavier
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Book
The Galloway Hoard: Viking-age Treasure
Over five kilograms of silver bullion, many unique and enigmatic gold objects, the rare preservation of textiles and an unusual range of other materials, make the Galloway Hoard the richest collection of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain and Ireland. Having lain undiscovered since AD900, it now provides an opportunity...Godldberg, D Martin ; Davies, Mary
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Conference paper (unpublished)
Confronting colonial histories and legacies in Egyptian and Sudanese collections at National Museums Scotland
Maitland, Margaret
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Lecture
Buying Power: Archaeologists as Dealers in Egypt and Sudan
Exhibitions and displays of Egyptian objects in museums across the world continue to inspire awe and fascination for millions of visitors. As museums tell the stories of the ancient world, they also tell their own collecting stories of how the objects came to be part of their collections. These narratives...Potter, Daniel
Dealers, Collections, Archaeology, Antiquities, Sudan, John Garstang, Edwin Ward, Charles Trick Currelly, Egypt, and William Matthew Flinders Petrie
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Conference paper (unpublished)
A Five-Star Model for Linked Humanities Data Usability
Middle, Sarah