'The art market' in I Pears, Discovery of painting. The growth of interest in the arts in England, 1680-1768
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- Author(s) Pears, Iain
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1988
- Pages pp51-106
- Publisher Yale University Press for Paul Mellon Centre
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Deals with the emergence of an art market in England within the context of a general discussion of the discovery of painting in terms of the formation of collections; new writings about art; the lifting of a ban on picture imports; etc. Has sections: 'Sources of paintings'; 'Auctions and auctioneering'; 'Dealers'; 'Buying and selling'