Connoisseurs and conmen : The contest for cultural authority in early twentieth-century Britain / Lewis Ryder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryder, Lewis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hilditch, John, 1872-1930.

Collectors and collecting.

Social mobility--Great Britain.

Social mobility.

Great Britain.

Local Subjects:

Hilditch, John, 1872-1930.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Summary:

This book examines the art collector and trickster John Hilditch's struggle to become a renowned collector and expert in early twentieth-century Britain. Through his life it explores how cultural authority was constructed, challenged and forged during a period of social, cultural and political democratisation.

Contents:

Front matter

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Collecting, museums and expertise c. 1900- 14

Collecting on a modest pocketbook

The 'family circle' of the museum

Collector, lecturer, expert

Part II: Collectors and museums in the age of mass culture and politics

The famous collector of Chinese antiquities

Civic institutions and the democracy dilemma

Beware of museum authorities

Problems and possibilities at provincial museums

A unique museum

Afterlives

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5261-7738-2

1-5261-7740-4

9781526177384

OCLC:

1579000263