Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.W67 G746 2002Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title."In 2002 I published National Heritage Revisited, a collection of books that examined ... [houses that have been transformed into] museums. I wanted to question our expectations when we visit them and the reliability of items on display."--CFPR Book Arts website.
Contents:
Charles Darwin's, Down House, Kent. The drawing room -- Charles Dickens's, Dickens House Museum, London. The drawing room -- Thomas Carlyle's, Carlyle's House, London. The Waterloo Gallery -- Frederic Leighton's, Leighton House, London. The drawing room -- John Keats's, Keats House, London. Keats's bedroom -- Samuel Pepys's, Prince Henry's Room, London. The office -- John Soane's, Pitshanger Manor, London. The library -- Frederic Leighton's, Leighton House, London. The staircase -- Sigmund Freud's, The Freud Museum, London. The entrance hall -- Samuel Johnson's, Dr. Johnson's House, London. The withdrawing-room -- Charles Darwin's, Down House, Kent. The dining room -- Tthomas Carlyle's, Carlyle's House, London. The drawing room -- William Morris's, William Morris Gallery, London. The drawing room -- John Flamsteed's, Flamsteed House, London. The Hall.
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Interior decoration -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Rugs -- Pictorial works. | Historic house museums -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Workman, Liz -- Publisher.