A history of the Leicester Family, Tabley House, and its collection of paintings
Sir John Fleming Leicester, first Baron de Tabley (1762-1827), was widely acclaimed in the early nineteenth century as the first serious patron and collector of contemporary British art. In the words of his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine, he was "the greatest patron of the native sch...
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University of Manchester
2000
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