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02645aam a2200433 i 4500 001 9952C2D8246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150707010042 008 140819s2015 dcua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014032870 020 $a 1935623621 (hardback) 020 $a 9781935623625 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)888401285 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d HCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-dc $a n-us-dc 050 00 $a NE53.W3 $b S644 2015 082 00 $a 769.94/074753 $2 23 084 $a ART006020 $a ART015030 $a ART006020 $2 bisacsh 110 2 $a Smithsonian Institution. 245 14 $a The first Smithsonian collection : $b the European engravings of George Perkins Marsh and the role of prints in the U.S. National Museum / $c Helena E. Wright. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xxiii, 289 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and index. 520 $a In 1849 the Smithsonian purchased the Marsh Collection of European engravings. Not only the first collection of any kind to be acquired by the new Institution, it was also the first public print collection in the nation, and it presented an important symbol of cultural authority. Through the story of the Marsh Collection, the book explores the cultural values attributed to prints in the 19th century, including their prominent role in expositions and their influence on visual culture at a time when collecting styles were moving from an individual's private contemplation of artworks to wider public venues of exposition in museums and reception by multiple audiences. The history of this first Smithsonian collection enlivens an important stage in the development of American cultural identity and in the formation of the Smithsonian as a national institution. 650 0 $a Prints $z Washington (D.C.) 650 0 $a Engraving, European. 600 10 $a Marsh, George P. $q (George Perkins), $d 1801-1882 $x Art collections. 610 20 $a Smithsonian Institution $x History. 650 0 $a Prints $x Collectors and collecting $z United States. 650 7 $a ART / Prints. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ART / European. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Wright, Helena, $d 1946- $e author. 830 0 $a Smithsonian contribution to knowledge. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211024137.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9952C2D8246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search