William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World)

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Icons of the Luso-Hispanic World)

by Mungo Campbell (Author), Mungo Campbell (Author), Nathan Flis (Author), María Dolores Sánchez–jáuregu (Author)

Synopsis

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition organized by the Hunterian at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art, to celebrate the 2018 tercentenary of The Hunterian's founder, Dr. William Hunter (1718-1783). This publication is the first in 150 years to assess the contribution made by Hunter, the Scottish-born obstetrician, anatomist, and collector, to the development of the modern museum as a public institution.

Essays examine how Hunter gathered his collection to be used as a source of knowledge and instruction, encompassing outstanding paintings and works on paper, coins and medals, and anatomical and zoological specimens. Hunter also possessed ethnographic artifacts from Spain, the Middle East, China, and the South Pacific, and was an avid collector of medieval manuscripts and incunabula; these were all located within one of the most important working libraries of eighteenth-century London.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 400
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 28 Sep 2018

ISBN 10: 0300236654
ISBN 13: 9780300236651

Author Bio
Mungo Campbell is deputy director of The Hunterian. Nathan Flis is head of exhibitions and publications, and assistant curator of 17th-century paintings at the Yale Center for British Art.