George Booth and William Beckford : a study in patronage

Author

Schroder, Timothy

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

International Silver and Jewellery Fair and Seminar, 22, 23, 24, 25 April 1989

Author (monograph)

Glanville, Philippa (Contributor, Collective Author)

Source

International Silver and Jewellery Fair and Seminar, 22, 23, 24, 25 April 1989. 1989, 21-28, 9 ill.

Publisher

International Silver & Jewellery Fair & Seminar, London (GBR)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Contrasts the activities of George Booth, second earl of Warrington (1675-1758), and William Beckford (1760-1844) as collectors and commissioners of silver. Warrington commissioned a great quantity of plain, remarkably heavy plate. For him silver was a token of financial security. Beckford was interested in the aesthetic properties of silver. He was a connoisseur and informed antiquarian who commissioned and collected silver of considerable stylistic sophistication and complexity, reflecting inter alia his interest in historicism.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Decorative arts -- Metalwork -- United Kingdom
• Warrington, George Booth, earl of, 1675-1758
• Beckford, William, 1760-1844
• Patronage
• Collectors
• Great Britain
• Silver (objects)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Arts décoratifs -- Arts du métal -- Royaume-Uni
• Warrington, George Booth, earl of, 1675-1758
• Mécénat
• Collectionneurs
• Grande-Bretagne
• Argenterie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00462016

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