Classical Histories, Colonial Objects: The Specimen Table Across Time and Space
This article seeks to contextualise the production, purchase, and display of specimen tables in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, considering their fragmentary forms as a material result of both British neoclassicism and imperialism. Made for an audience of (often British) travellers, collect...
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Main Author: | Freya Gowrley |
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Language: | EN |
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Yale University
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/e365027fa07e4c8bb0c14faace94bcdc |
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