Owning the Past: Why the English Collected Antique Sculpture, 1640-1840

by Ruth Guilding

In a lively re-examination of the British collectors who bankrupted themselves to possess antique marble statues, Owning the Past chronicles a story of rivalry, nationalism, and myopic obsession with posterity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300208197
• ISBN13: 9780300208191
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 5.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.0" x 11.9"