Author |
Winslow, Karen Deslattes |
Title |
Moguls collecting Mughals : a study of early twentieth-century European and North American collectors of Islamic book art / Karen Deslattes Winslow |
Publisher |
[London] : [University of London, School of Advanced Studies], 2023 |
Physical desc. |
2 volumes ; illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm. |
Note |
Unpublished PhD thesis (London : University of London, School of Advanced Studies, 2023). |
Gift of the author. |
Includes references to A. Chester Beatty. |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Exhibiting Islamic art -- Charles Lang Freer: one factor in a great design -- The reluctant collector and his librarian: John Pierpont Morgan and Bell da Costa Greene -- Gulbenkian's Oriental collection: the early years (1900-1923) -- Gulbenkian becoming a gentleman collector -- Formation of the Mughal art canon -- In summary. |
Person as subject |
Freer, Charles Lang -- 1854-1919 |
Greene, Belle da Costa |
Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis |
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont) 1837-1913 |
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont) 1867-1943 |
Subject |
Collectors and collecting |
Art, South Asian -- Collectors and collecting |
Art, Mogul Empire -- Collectors and collecting |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Collectors and collecting |