Dr Hunter's Shield: Miscellaneous Curiosities and Antiquarian Debates

McCormack, H.

Dr Hunter's Shield: Miscellaneous Curiosities and Antiquarian Debates

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McCormack, H. (2015) Dr Hunter's Shield: Miscellaneous Curiosities and Antiquarian Debates. In: William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950 . Ashgate, pp. 240-246. ISBN 9781409447740
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Editors:

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Hancock, E. Geoffrey

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Pearce, Nick

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Campbell, Mungo

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McCormack, H.

Abstract:

An 1813 guide to William Hunter’s collection describes a Renaissance shield under ‘miscellaneous curiosities’ and my research here describes how scholarship and research of ancient artefacts, based on material evidence, was still a largely new practice during the early nineteenth century. This analysis demonstrates inconsistencies in antiquarian methods whenever there was an attempt to reconcile ancient texts with physical objects or reproductions of such objects.

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https://www.routledge.com/William-Hunters-World-The-Art-and-Science-of-Eighteenth-Century-Collecting/Hancock-Pearce-Campbell/p/book/9781138548343

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School of Design > Design History and Theory

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28 September 2015

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