Sir Frank Francis (1901–1988)
Auteur de Treasures of the British Museum
A propos de l'auteur
Séries
Œuvres de Sir Frank Francis
Oeuvres associées
Great Museums of the World: British Museum, London (1968) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 211 exemplaires
Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 20) — Avant-propos — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1901-10-05
- Date de décès
- 1988-09-15
- Lieu de sépulture
- Nether Winchendon, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Nether Winchendon, England, UK - Études
- Liverpool Institute, Liverpool University
University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College) - Professions
- teacher
librarian
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 101
- Popularité
- #188,710
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
One of the most visited (2 million people annually), large, and straightforward Museum-Libraries in the world. Parliament decided, in 1753, to fund the purchase of manuscripts, and artifacts.
The book is a memento to complement a visit, not a comprehensive or even "interesting" presentation. For example, the Museum has a serious Egypt collection, and the book has photographs. But the little shabti of Amenhetep III [63] is an ugly afterthought of this bespoken afterlife.
One of the gracious "facts" of British acquisition, however controversial, is its transparency. The Elgin marbles, which remained from among the appointments of the Parthenon which were about to be ground into cement by the Islamic Caliphs who occupied Greece, were probably removed by the British Ambassador without "permission" [75]. Many of the collections are the direct result of "punitive" expeditions -- the relics of the Benin were seized in 1897 from the Oba's royal, and divine, palace [164]. And the Museum, and this book, are the first to account for this provenance, and its controversy. The irony of inhumane behavior is not hidden in the inventory; it is humbly displayed.… (plus d'informations)