Imaginatively public: the English experience of art as heritage property.(Symposium: International Legal Dimensions of Art and Cultural Property)

From: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

England was once hugely prosperous and possessed an extraordinary share of the world's great art. In the years following the French Revolution, political turmoil in Europe brought a number of superb works of art on the market, and English collectors avidly bought them. (1) Even earlier, young aristocrats returned to England from their grand tours with a keen appreciation of the aesthetic achievements of the continent and the means to acquire any works that pleased them. (2)

With few exceptions, these treasures entered the collections of individuals as their private property. ...

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