Henry Edwards Huntington by Selena A Spurgeon

Henry Edwards Huntington by Selena A Spurgeon

This is an engaging account of the eventful lives of Henry Edwards and Arabella Huntington, leading twentieth-century philanthropists, and the extraordinary cultural institution they created in Southern California. He was a legendary book, art and plant collector and a visionary leader in the development of Southern California. She was one of the wealthiest women in the nation at the turn of the twentieth century and one of the most important art collectors of her generation. Spurgeon shares a behind-the-scenes view of both their personal lives and the development of the renowned cultural and educational centre we know today. Separate chapters describe how the art collections came together under the guidance of the shrewd art dealer Joseph Duveen: how the library grew out of Mr Huntington's passion for book collecting: and how the estate, a working ranch, evolved into one of the world's most important botanical gardens.

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ISBN 13	9780873281379
ISBN 10	0873281373
Titel	Henry Edwards Huntington
Autor	Selena A Spurgeon
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Huntington Library Press,US
Erscheinungsjahr	2002-01-01
Seitenanzahl	143
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.