From Nineveh to New York
the strange story of the Assyrian reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum and the hidden masterpiece at Canford School
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Author
Contributions
- McKenzie, Judith. - Contributor
- Dalley, Stephanie. - Contributor
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) - Contributor
Publication
1997 - Yale University Press in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, CT, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1004792M
- ISBN-100300064594
- OCLC Control Number35758179
- OCLC Control Numberfromninevehtonew00john
- Library of Congress Control Number96044544
and 2 more
- Goodreads878697
- LibraryThing384528
Classifications
- DDC935
- LCCDS69.5 .R84 1997
Description
The story of Sir Austen Henry Layard's rediscovery of ancient Assyria and its fabled capital, Nineveh, is one of the great tales of nineteenth-century archeological imperialism, genius, and romance. In this social history of the reception of ancient Assyrian art in England and subsequently America, John Malcolm Russell focuses on the huge collection of artifacts that Layard brought back to England. Much went to the British Museum, but much also to the fascinating Lady Charlotte Guest and then - via a Manhattan dealer and numerous competitive curators and millionaires - to the Metropolitan Museum.
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