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bects o Desire

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Vict orian rt at the Art Institute of Chicago

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THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

ISSN 0069-3235

ISBN 0-300-11341-2

2005 0 The Art Institute of Chicago. All rights reserved.

No part of the contents of this publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-

copied, recorded, or otherwise, without the written per- mission of The Art Institute of Chicago.

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lection were photographed by the Department of Graphic

Design, Photographic, and Communication Services, Lyn

DelliQuadri, Executive Director, and are ? The Art Institute of Chicago. Some images in this publication are

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Contents

Acknowledgments 4

Gregory Nosan

List of Contributors 4

Introduction 5

Martha Tedeschi and Gregory Nosan

"Where the Picture Cannot Go, the Engravings Penetrate":

Prints and the Victorian Art Market 8

Martha Tedeschi

Telling Stories in the Gothic Vein:

William Burges and the Art of Painted Furniture 20

Ghenete Zelleke

Conserving the Art Institute's "Sideboard and Wine Cabinet" 29

Emily Heye

True to the Senses and False in Its Essence:

Still Life and Trompe l'Oeil Painting in Victorian America 32

Judith A. Barter

Unpainted Masterpieces: The Drawings of Edward Burne-Jones 44

Debra N. Mancoff

From the Manor House to the Asylum: The George Cowper Album 56

Douglas R. Nickel

Catalogue 68

Notes 89

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Acknowledgments List of Contributors

O bjects of Desire: Victorian Art at the Art Institute

of Chicago has allowed us to bring together a

group of gifted curators and scholars from both within and beyond the Art Institute, giving them the chance to write essays on objects in the museum that were already of particular interest to them. These full-length articles,

together with the equally fascinating catalogue entries that follow, represent the latest installment in Museum Studies's ongoing project of publishing new research on the Art Institute's permanent collection in an accessible, attractive format.

At the Art Institute, many people helped create this

publication in ways both large and small. Thanks are due to editors Katie Reilly, Susan F. Rossen, and Ginny Voedisch for reading and refining the manuscript, which was much improved by their efforts. Shaun Manning edited the photographs included here; Amanda Freymann oversaw the issue's production with patience and an

expert eye; and Jeff Wonderland brought to the design his

unerring sense of elegance. The images themselves were

produced by the skilled staff of the Department of

Graphic Design, Photographic, and Communication

Services, including Chris Gallagher, Bob Hashimoto, Robert Lifson, and Caroline Nutley.

Elsewhere in the museum, Jessica Batty, Salvador

Cruz, Lyn DelliQuadri, Pamela Ellsworth, Sarah E. Kelly, Denise Mahoney, Brandon Ruud, and Doug Severson

generously offered their advice and expertise. The great- est debt of gratitude, however, is owed to the superb group of authors listed at left, without whose hard work this issue would never have been possible. Chief among these is Martha Tedeschi, whose guidance has helped us- if we have done our job properly-make this publication an object of intellectual and aesthetic desire in its own

right.

Gregory Nosan

Editor, Museum Studies

A uthors who have written catalogue entries (pp. 68-88) are further identified by the initials follow-

ing their names.

Judith A. Barter, Field-McCormick Curator of American Art

Emily Heye, Assistant Conservator of Objects

Laura Lean, Research Volunteer, Department of Prints and

Drawings (L.L.)

Debra N. Mancoff, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (D.N.M.)

Douglas R. Nickel, Director, Center for Creative

Photography, University ofArizona

Ellen E. Roberts, Assistant Curator ofAmerican Art (E.E.R.)

Elizabeth Siegel, Assistant Curator of Photography (E.S.)

Martha Tedeschi, Curator in the Department of Prints and

Drawings

Ghenete Zelleke, Samuel and M. Patricia Grober Curator of

European Decorative Arts (G.Z.)

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