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Royal Academy Instrument of Foundation (1768) [ Practices / People ]
… sculptor, or other artist, properly qualified. His business shall be to keep the Royal Academy, with the models, casts, books, and other moveables belonging thereto ; to attend regularly the Schools of Design during the sittings of the … to point out to them the beauties or faults of celebrated productions, to fit them for an unprejudiced study of books, and for a critical examination of structures ; his salary shall be thirty pounds a year ; and he shall continue in … under the regulations expressed in the bye-laws of the Society hereafter to be made. 20o. There shall be a Library of Books of Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and all the Sciences relating thereto ; also prints of bas-reliefs, vases, …
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William Blake [ Art and Literature ]
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Patronage [ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… Poem (London: W. Flexney, 1763), p. 3-4; James Ralph, The Case of Authors by Profession or Trade, Stated. With Regard to Booksellers, the Stage, and the Public. No Matter by Whom (London: R. Griffiths, 1758). 2 . Paul J. Korshin, ‘Types of … Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, over the patronage of his Dictionary. In 1746, Johnson was asked by a consortium of booksellers to create an authoritative dictionary of the English language. Though they agreed to pay him the substantial … Criticism and Politics from Thomson to Wordsworth (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), p. 77. For Johnson, the booksellers had become the enablers of a project like the dictionary, and the author was paid as a consequence of a …
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Auction houses [ Trade ]
… made up of household goods after decease. As the household consumption of paintings, mirrors, porcelains, and books expanded, these hard-to-price objects became a non-negligible part of after decease transfer of capital. Auctions … or Dick's in Dublin offered a unique mode of urban sociability and exchange for these artefacts, as explained by the bookseller and auctioneer Edward Millington in 1689: ‘I have of late made several Sales of Prints, Paintings &c. upon … communicating rooms between Hart street and King Street. By the middle of the century, if the bulk of the trade in books, paintings and antiquarian items still happened on the private circuit through private sales and agents, the …
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Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… century, popular among well-to-do families, was the establishing of a library in the house which would be filled with books. These might not necessarily be read but would confer status on the home, while the room would be used for …
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Collections [ Furniture & Interior decoration / Art & Luxury ]
… leather-bound volumes of the English, Latin and Italian classics, splendidly illustrated tomes of history and travel and books of engravings. Then, there was the host’s collection of painting and marbles, medals and antiquities to enjoy and …
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