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Fonthill Recovered : a cultural history / / Caroline Dakers
| Fonthill Recovered : a cultural history / / Caroline Dakers |
| Autore | Dakers Caroline |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : UCL Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 402 pages) |
| Disciplina | 136.4973 |
| Soggetto topico | Intellectual life |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Caroline Dakers Part one. The narrative The early history of Fonthill / David Roberts Fonthill from the Middle Ages to 1744 : the first Fonthill House / Neil Burton The Beckford era / Amy Frost The break-up of the Fonthill estate ; Fonthill in the nineteenth century ; Fonthill in the twentieth century ; Out of the ruins : new houses at Fonthill / Caroline Dakers Part two. The essays The geophysical survey west of Fonthill Lake / David Roberts The landscape of Fonthill / Min Wood The early paintings of Fonthill / Jeannie Chapel The Cottington and Bradshaw burials in Westminster Abbey / Susan Jenkins The wealth of the Beckfords / Sidney Blackmore The landscape at Fonthill : an assessment of the grottoes and their builders / Michael Cousins William Thomas Beckford : between dalliance and duty / Lawrence Klein Reading Vathek and Fonthill Abbey : William Beckford's architectural imagination / Peter N. Lindfield and Dale Townshend Fonthill and its Maecenae : works of art lost and found / Martin P. Levy Little Ridge / Michael Drury The Smithsons at Upper Lawn Pavilion / Amy Frost Fonthill Abbey, terror and videogames at the British Library / Greg Buzwell Epilogue / Caroline Dakers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910678578503321 |
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| London : , : UCL Press, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A genius for money [[electronic resource] ] : business, art and the Morrisons / / Caroline Dakers
| A genius for money [[electronic resource] ] : business, art and the Morrisons / / Caroline Dakers |
| Autore | Dakers Caroline |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.092
B |
| Soggetto topico | Businessmen - Great Britain |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-300-18459-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- The Family Tree -- Introduction -- 1. Middle Wallop -- 2. The Todds of Fore Street -- 3. Fore Street and the Textiles Trade -- 4. James Morrison, 'the Napoleon of Shopkeepers' -- 5. The Education of a Gentleman (Part One) -- 6. The Education of a Gentleman (Part Two): The Grand Tour -- 7. Into Parliament -- 8. Fonthill -- 9. 57 Harley Street -- 10. In Parliament -- 11. 'The American Project' -- 12. Letters from America, 1841-1845 -- 13. Basildon: Papworth's Last Commission -- 14. Basildon: 'What a Casket to Enclose Pictorial Gems' -- 15. The Final Decade -- 16. Charles Morrison, 1817-1909: 'Statesman in Finance' -- 17. Alfred Morrison, 1821-1897: 'Victorian Maecenas' -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462147303321 |
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Dakers Caroline
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A genius for money [[electronic resource] ] : business, art and the Morrisons / / Caroline Dakers
| A genius for money [[electronic resource] ] : business, art and the Morrisons / / Caroline Dakers |
| Autore | Dakers Caroline |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.092
B |
| Soggetto topico | Businessmen - Great Britain |
| ISBN | 0-300-18459-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- The Family Tree -- Introduction -- 1. Middle Wallop -- 2. The Todds of Fore Street -- 3. Fore Street and the Textiles Trade -- 4. James Morrison, 'the Napoleon of Shopkeepers' -- 5. The Education of a Gentleman (Part One) -- 6. The Education of a Gentleman (Part Two): The Grand Tour -- 7. Into Parliament -- 8. Fonthill -- 9. 57 Harley Street -- 10. In Parliament -- 11. 'The American Project' -- 12. Letters from America, 1841-1845 -- 13. Basildon: Papworth's Last Commission -- 14. Basildon: 'What a Casket to Enclose Pictorial Gems' -- 15. The Final Decade -- 16. Charles Morrison, 1817-1909: 'Statesman in Finance' -- 17. Alfred Morrison, 1821-1897: 'Victorian Maecenas' -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785638203321 |
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Dakers Caroline
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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