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Letter II
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.
37
Bignor, famous for the specimens of Albert Durer ; and finally,
of Messrs. William Russell, Chambers Hall, and Andrew James.
As regards etchings only I need only mention the collection of
Mr. Sheepshanks, purchased by the British Museum.
The taste for antique sculpture and antiquities has also gained
many adherents during this period, of whom I may instance Lord
de Mauley, the Duke of Buccleugh, and Mr. Auldjo.
Finally, the feeling for the monuments of art of the middle
ages, which commenced with architecture, and was mainly pro-
moted by the works of Mr. John Britton, has gone on extending
in widening circles, till it now comprises every kind of vessel and
implement for worldly as well as ecclesiastical purposes,—vases,
tapestries, glasses, &c. The amount of interesting objects of this
kind collected in England was proved by the Mediaeval Exhibi-
tion in 1850 in London. Among the collectors in this line may
be mentioned Mr. Maguire, the Duke of Buccleugh, Lord de
Mauley, Baron Lionel Rothschild, Sir Anthony Rothschild, Mr.
Morgan, Mr. Auldjo, Mr. A. J. B. Hope, Mr. Slade, Mr. Bernal,
Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. Curzon, Herr Rohde Kaerkins, Herr
Schwabe, Mr. Field, and Mr. Hailstone.
You will now be able to form an idea of the astonishing treasures
of art of all descriptions which this island contains. Thanks to
the excellent introductions with which I am provided, I may hope
to study them at my leisure, and feel no apprehension but that of
being unable to master the whole. In this embarras de richesses I
frequently wish for the hundred eyes of Argus, all of which would
find ample employment here.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.
37
Bignor, famous for the specimens of Albert Durer ; and finally,
of Messrs. William Russell, Chambers Hall, and Andrew James.
As regards etchings only I need only mention the collection of
Mr. Sheepshanks, purchased by the British Museum.
The taste for antique sculpture and antiquities has also gained
many adherents during this period, of whom I may instance Lord
de Mauley, the Duke of Buccleugh, and Mr. Auldjo.
Finally, the feeling for the monuments of art of the middle
ages, which commenced with architecture, and was mainly pro-
moted by the works of Mr. John Britton, has gone on extending
in widening circles, till it now comprises every kind of vessel and
implement for worldly as well as ecclesiastical purposes,—vases,
tapestries, glasses, &c. The amount of interesting objects of this
kind collected in England was proved by the Mediaeval Exhibi-
tion in 1850 in London. Among the collectors in this line may
be mentioned Mr. Maguire, the Duke of Buccleugh, Lord de
Mauley, Baron Lionel Rothschild, Sir Anthony Rothschild, Mr.
Morgan, Mr. Auldjo, Mr. A. J. B. Hope, Mr. Slade, Mr. Bernal,
Mr. Hodgkinson, Mr. Curzon, Herr Rohde Kaerkins, Herr
Schwabe, Mr. Field, and Mr. Hailstone.
You will now be able to form an idea of the astonishing treasures
of art of all descriptions which this island contains. Thanks to
the excellent introductions with which I am provided, I may hope
to study them at my leisure, and feel no apprehension but that of
being unable to master the whole. In this embarras de richesses I
frequently wish for the hundred eyes of Argus, all of which would
find ample employment here.