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Elihu Yale : merchant, collector & patron / Diana Scarisbrick and Benjamin Zucker.
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Scarisbrick, Diana
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
©2014
Description
288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
AM401.Y25 S23 2014
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Merchants
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England
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Biography
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Benefactors
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England
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Biography
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Great Britain
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Civilization
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18th century
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Yale, Elihu 1649-1721
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Zucker, Benjamin, 1940-
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Biographies
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collective biographies
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Summary note
Elihu Yale's name is famous for the great educational institution, Yale University, of which he was an early benefactor. He made his fortune in India, mostly through trading in diamonds. Arriving in Madras in 1672, through his outstanding abilities he rose through the hierarchy of the East India Company settlement from clerk to governor. When he returned to London in 1699 he brought with him Indian gems, furniture, and textiles, and proceeded to amass a collection of some ten thousand items, dispersed at seven auction sales after his death in 1721. The catalogs of these sales survive, providing information about the lively London art market. Hitherto neglected by historians, the Yale sales prove to be a landmark in the history both of collecting and of auctioning art in early 18th-century England. The authors explore Elihu Yale's life and interests, and then turn to a study of Yale as a dealer (particularly of gems) and a collector of diamonds and jewelry, works of art, furniture, books, and other objects--some of which are now at Yale University, and some in national collections around Britain.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 278) and index.
Contents
Merchant, gentleman, philanthropist. Boston to Fort St. George
London life
At home
Gentleman of fashion
The pleasures of music, books, and science
Philanthropist
Dealer & collector in London. A fortune from jewels
The new Western taste for the East
Yale and the art world in England.
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Merchant, collector and patron
ISBN
9780500517260 (hardback) ((hardcover))
0500517266 (hardback) ((hardcover))
LCCN
2013948276
OCLC
876363558
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