The World within your Hand: The Press
What comes to mind when you think of the Wallace Collection? Old Master Painting? Rococo decadence? Perhaps even the hardened steel in the armouries? Over a series of blogs, Helen Jones, our Library...
View ArticleThe World within your Hand: The Bindery
What comes to mind when you think of the Wallace Collection? Old Master Painting? Rococo decadence? Perhaps even the hardened steel in the armouries? Over a series of blogs, Helen Jones, our Library...
View ArticleArms and Armour: Experts and Collectors. Samuel Rush Meyrick
A small display currently in European Armouries II and III celebrates two arms and armour experts and collectors whose archives the Wallace Collection holds – Samuel Rush Meyrick and Claude Blair. In...
View ArticleArms and Armour: Experts and Collectors. Claude Blair
A small display currently in European Armouries II and III celebrates two arms and armour experts and collectors whose archives the Wallace Collection hold – Samuel Rush Meyrick and Claude Blair. In...
View ArticleAuditing the Middle Ages
The Wallace Collection’s library holds a number of rare books, which our visitors can view on request. In this blog by Helen Jones, Library Cataloguer, she explores Les arts au Moyen Age by Alexandre...
View ArticleA city on the brink of change: Paris 1788
The Wallace Collection’s library holds a number of rare books, which our visitors can view on request. In this blog by Helen Jones, Library Cataloguer, she explores century Almanach parisien en faveur...
View Article“Something that remains after we are gone”: the life and collection of Henri...
The Wallace Collection’s library holds a number of rare books, which our visitors can view on request. In this blog by Helen Jones, Library Cataloguer, she explores Oriental arms and armour: Collection...
View ArticleThe lost cannon of Venice
The Wallace Collection’s library holds a number of rare books, which our visitors can view on request. In this blog by Helen Jones, Library Cataloguer, she explores Domenico Gasperoni’s Artiglieria...
View ArticleGloves or no gloves….
Ways to handle rare objects often cause debate even amongst specialists. In this blog by Helen Jones, Library Cataloguer, she explores how she handles the fragile books in the Wallace Collection’s...
View ArticleArmour mon amour
The Wallace Collection’s library holds a number of rare books, which our visitors can view on request. In this blog by Helen Jones, Library Cataloguer, she explores Engraved illustrations of antient...
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