John Talman : An Early-Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur

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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.