Review: The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects

The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects By Mark Westgarth, 2020. London : Routledge, 192 pp., 36 b/w illustrations. £120 (hardback) £36.99 (eBook), ISBN 9781409405795 (hardback) ISBN 9781003028147 (ebook) - Imogen Tedbury ‘The place through which he made his way at leisure was one of those … Continue reading Review: The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects

Book Review: Paolo Coen, ed., The Art Market in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Art. Leiden: Brill, 2019 (review by Seren Nolan)

From our forthcoming newsletter:  In the study of European art markets during the long eighteenth century, Rome has occupied a curiously liminal position. Despite its centrality as a location for the formulation of taste in this period, the markets of Paris and London have, by comparison, received far more scholarly attention. Indeed, as Paolo Coen … Continue reading Book Review: Paolo Coen, ed., The Art Market in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Art. Leiden: Brill, 2019 (review by Seren Nolan)