L626: Leeds Exhibition, 1868. Official Catalogue
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| Museum number | L626 |
| Title | Leeds Exhibition, 1868. Official Catalogue |
| Additional title | National Exhibition of Works of Art, at Leeds, 1868. Published by the Executive Committee |
| Object type | In category: Library and Archive » Book » Printed |
| Date | 1869 |
| People |
Baines, Edward and Sons, (Printer, Leeds) (known) - Printer(s) |
| Place of origin | Europe » Northern Europe » British Isles » Great Britain » England » Leeds |
| Condition |
Fair |
| Dimensions |
24.7 cm height whole 16.4 cm width whole |
| Materials & techniques |
In categories: Animal material » Leather Pictures: Medium » Ink Pictures: Support » Cardboard/pasteboard Pictures: Support » Paper |
| Description | Official catalogue of the National Exhibition of Works of Art held at Leeds in 1868. 8vo., half morocco. | ||||||
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| Notes | Sir William Holburne was a major contributor to this exhibition. He lent 79 miniatures, 46 pieces of silver and silver-gilt, 25 pieces of Wedgwood, 6 pieces of European porcelain, 17 pieces of English porcelain, 5 oriental works of art, 5 paintings, 2 pieces of enamel and 1 piece of maiolica. The exhibition was held in the new Leeds General Infirmary prior to it opening as a hospital. The building had been designed by George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878). A smaller 4vo. version of the catalogue also survives in the Museum Collection. Both versions are included in the handwritten 'First Supplemental List of Books' in the back of A Catalogue of the Pictures and Library, Engravings, Etchings and Miniatures belonging to Sir Thos. William Holburne, Bart, Bath, privately published in 1867 (f.100 nos. 527, 528). |
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| Literature |
Lisa White 'A Collector of Distinction: Sir William Holburne (1793-1874)', Apollo, September 2003, p. 52 and n. |
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| Muse theme | The Art of Collecting |
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| Muse chapter |
The History of the Holburne Collection » Sir William Holburne and his Collection » Recognition as a Collector
The History of the Holburne Collection » The Collection » Library and Archive |
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| Method of acquisition | Bequest | ||||||
| Provenance | Sir T. W. Holburne (1793-1874); by whom bequeathed to Mary-Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882); by whom bequeathed to the Museum | ||||||
| Exhibition history |
Title of exhibition: Holburne One hundred: an exhibtion to commemorate the Centenary of the Museum’s opening and the Bicentenary of Sir William Holburne’s birth |
