In an attempt to better account for the impressive diversity of positions and relations that characterizes the eighteenth-century world, this collection propose
Through both longer essays and shorter case studies, this book examines the relationship of European women from various countries and backgrounds to collecting,
Through analysis of the life and writings of eighteenth-century Quaker artist and author Mary Knowles, Judith Jennings uncovers concrete but complex examples of
This innovative collection explores how a distinctively British model of sociability developed in the period from the Restoration of Charles II to the early nin