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The Duchess´s Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook’s Voyages
Beth Fowkes Tobin
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Hardback. Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in 18th-century Britain. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time. This study tells the story of the collection's formation and dispersal. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 colour images + 35 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715–1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was natural history, and shells in particular. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time, which was sold after her death in a spectacular auction.
Beth Fowkes Tobin illuminates the interlocking issues surrounding the global circulation of natural resources, the commodification of nature, and the construction of scientific value through the lens of one woman’s marvelous ... Read more
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715–1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was natural history, and shells in particular. Over the course of twenty years, she amassed the largest shell collection of her time, which was sold after her death in a spectacular auction.
Beth Fowkes Tobin illuminates the interlocking issues surrounding the global circulation of natural resources, the commodification of nature, and the construction of scientific value through the lens of one woman’s marvelous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Condition
New
Weight
1101g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300192230
SKU
V9780300192230
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About Beth Fowkes Tobin
Beth Fowkes Tobin is a professor of English and women’s studies at the University of Georgia.
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