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- Title
DISPLAYING MATERIALS: PORCELAIN AND NATURAL HISTORY IN THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND'S MUSEUM.
- Authors
Sloboda, Stacey
- Abstract
The article discusses the collections of Margaret, second Duchess of Portland, as displayed at "The Portland Museum" at the estate of Bulstrode in Buckinghamshire, England, which contained large amounts porcelain as well as natural history specimens, and the author considers how 18th century porcelain held in aristocratic collections was associated with both the curious and the foreign. It explores the relationship between porcelain and natural history, arguing that Portland's collection is representative of both science and art in the eighteenth century. Other subjects include 18th-century women collectors and collecting practices.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; PORTLAND, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785; WOMEN collectors; 18TH century porcelain; NATURAL history; COLLECTORS &; collecting; COLLECTIONS; 18TH century British history; HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH century; INTELLECTUAL life
- Publication
Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2010, Vol 43, Issue 4, p455
- ISSN
0013-2586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ecs.0.0159