The duchess's shells : natural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages

Publication Data

• Title The duchess's shells : natural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages
• Author Beth Fowkes Tobin
• Contributor Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
• Publisher Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location New Haven
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Topics

• Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785 :: Natural history collections
• Shells :: Collectors and collecting :: England :: History :: 18th century
• Shells :: Private collections :: England
• Shells :: Catalogs and collections :: England
• Natural history :: Catalogs and collections
• Natural history :: England :: History :: 18th century
• Women collectors :: England :: History :: 18th century
• 016620650

The duchess's shells : natural history collecting in the age of Cook's voyages by Beth Fowkes Tobin. ISBN 9780300192230. Published by Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.