MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011049266
003 DLC
005 20121020082028.0
008 111130s2012 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011049266
020 $a9780300176056 (hardback)
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050 00 $aN9135$b.E54 2012
082 00 $a707.4/42574$223
084 $aART006010$aHIS015000$aHIS045000$aHIS037050$2bisacsh
245 04 $aThe English prize :$bthe capture of the Westmorland, an episode of the grand tour /$cedited by María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui and Scott Wilcox ; with contributions by María del Carmen Alonso Rodríguez [and eighteen others].
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale Center for British Art,$c[2012]
300 $axiii, 378 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c32 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French naval vessels and escorted to Malaga in southern Spain. The artistic treasures on board were purchased by King Carlos III of Spain, and the majority were deposited in the collections of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. There they resided, unknown, until recent research, using original inventories that survive in the Academia's archives, identified the Westmorland's rich cargo.The English Prize reveals the gripping story of the ship's capture and the disposition of its artistic contents, which included Raphael Mengs's Perseus and Andromeda, Pompeo Batoni's portraits of Frances Bassett and Lord Lewisham, and watercolors by John Robert Cozens. This volume illuminates the cultural phenomenon of the Grand Tour and the young travelers who acquired the trove of books and art works on board the Westmorland but were never able to enjoy their purchases"--$cProvided by publisher.
500 $aIssued in connection with an exhibition held May 17-Aug. 27, 2012, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and Oct. 4, 2012-Jan. 13, 2013, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 348-360) and index.
650 0 $aArt treasures in war$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century.
610 20 $aWestmoreland (Ship)
650 0 $aArt$xCollectors and collecting$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aGrand tours (Education)
650 0 $aTravelers$zItaly$xHistory$y18th century.
650 7 $aART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aSánchez-Jáuregui, María Dolores,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aWilcox, Scott,$d1952-$eeditor of compilation.