Magpies, squirrels & thieves : how the Victorians collected the world /: how the Victorians collected the world. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Magpies, squirrels and thieves
• Further Information: Note: Jacqueline Yallop.
• Other Names: Yallop, Jacqueline
• Contents: Catching the collecting bug. Exhibition Road, London, 1862 -- The useful and the beautiful -- A public duty and a private preoccupation -- Making museums: collecting as a career, John Charles Robinson. On the banks of the Seine -- The Battle of South Kensington -- The tricks of the trade -- Changing times -- Ransacking and revolution: the European crusade, Charlotte Schreiber. Mrs. Schreibers big red bag -- Pushing and panting and pinching their way -- The gourd-shaped bottle gourd-shaped -- Pride, passion, and loss: collecting for love, Joseph Mayer. Waiting for the rain to stop -- Mummies, crocodiles and shoes for a queen -- The treasures of the north -- A larger world -- Fashion, fine dining and forgeries: dealing in society, Murray Marks. Rossettis peacock -- A notorious squabble -- The fake flora -- Collecting the empire: in pursuit of the exotic, Stephen Wooton Bushell. The route to Peking -- The promise of the East -- Collecting without boundaries.
• Publisher Details: London : Atlantic Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 790.132094109034; Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- Biography; Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- Biography; Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General; SPORTS & RECREATION -- General; HISTORY -- General; Collectors and collecting; Great Britain; Electronic books; Biography; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857895615; 0857895613
• Related ISBNs: 9781843547501; 1843547503
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.