John Talman
An Early Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur
Editor: Cinzia MariaSicca
Yale University Press (United Kingdom), 2009
Hardback, 304 pages
Size: 254x178 mm
ISBN: 9780300123357
ISBN-10: 0300123353
List price: £45.00
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John Talman
Offers a study of John Talman, the first director of the Society of Antiquaries and one of the most influential collectors of drawings in early 18th-century Britain. This book discusses the history of Talman's acquisitions, shedding light on the competitive nature, social practices, and aesthetic ideas of connoisseurship in England and abroad.

