'British paintings market, 1789-1914' in M North (ed), Economic History and the Arts
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- Author(s) Guerzoni, Guido
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1996
- Pages pp97-132
- Publisher Bohlau Verlag
- Place Published Cologne
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly article based on substantial empirical research, including auction sales and painting imports into Britain. Arranged in three parts: 'Supply on the market' describing the main agents in the market, their roles, strategies and historical evolution; 2] 'Demand on the market' dealing with market structures - collectors, museums, imports, exports, auction sales, prices, transaction flows; 3] 'The variables that affected the British market' - economic factors, political factors, social factors, legal factors, cultural factors. Significant statistical appendices