French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens

Yolande Lyne-Stephens was an important collector of art in nineteenth-century Britain but she has entirely disappeared from public memory. In 1895 a grand sale at Christie’s attracted many connoisseurs of the time and raised the colossal sum of £227,778. Today, pictures featured in that sale hang on...

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Main Author: Laure-Aline Griffith-Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-01-01
Series:19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
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Online Access:http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/3350/
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spelling doaj-dee9d3228a864ebda354cc239eeb9fe02021-08-18T09:05:45ZengOpen Library of Humanities19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century1755-15602021-01-0120203110.16995/ntn.3350French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-StephensLaure-Aline Griffith-Jones0Indépendant art historianYolande Lyne-Stephens was an important collector of art in nineteenth-century Britain but she has entirely disappeared from public memory. In 1895 a grand sale at Christie’s attracted many connoisseurs of the time and raised the colossal sum of £227,778. Today, pictures featured in that sale hang on the walls of major cultural institutions, such as the National Gallery in London and New York’s Metropolitan Museum. However, until just before the end of her life, Yolande intended to bequeath her works of art to the nation’s museums, so that they would remain as a collection under the Lyne-Stephens name. Her change of plan resulted in her fading into obscurity, and she therefore failed to feature in most books dedicated to nineteenth-century collectors.http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/3350/women collectorsVictorian EnglandLynford Hallart marketold mastersLyne Stephens
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spellingShingle Laure-Aline Griffith-Jones
French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens
19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
women collectors
Victorian England
Lynford Hall
art market
old masters
Lyne Stephens
author_facet Laure-Aline Griffith-Jones
author_sort Laure-Aline Griffith-Jones
title French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens
title_short French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens
title_full French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens
title_fullStr French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens
title_full_unstemmed French Taste in Victorian England: The Collection of Yolande Lyne-Stephens
title_sort french taste in victorian england: the collection of yolande lyne-stephens
publisher Open Library of Humanities
series 19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
issn 1755-1560
publishDate 2021-01-01
description Yolande Lyne-Stephens was an important collector of art in nineteenth-century Britain but she has entirely disappeared from public memory. In 1895 a grand sale at Christie’s attracted many connoisseurs of the time and raised the colossal sum of £227,778. Today, pictures featured in that sale hang on the walls of major cultural institutions, such as the National Gallery in London and New York’s Metropolitan Museum. However, until just before the end of her life, Yolande intended to bequeath her works of art to the nation’s museums, so that they would remain as a collection under the Lyne-Stephens name. Her change of plan resulted in her fading into obscurity, and she therefore failed to feature in most books dedicated to nineteenth-century collectors.
topic women collectors
Victorian England
Lynford Hall
art market
old masters
Lyne Stephens
url http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/3350/
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