Peter Black
Peter Black is Curator of Old Masters at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, and is a prints and drawings specialist.
Black, Peter
Black, Peter
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Description: William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
In the autumn of 1771, in a lecture to students at the Royal Academy of Arts, William Hunter demonstrated his awareness of the then-inflated prices of paintings in this comment on the art market: “A general taste for the Arts prevails; the best works of Artists are sought for...
PublisherYale Center for British Art
Related print edition pages: pp.274-287
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00250.015
Description: William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
Drawing and anatomy went closely together in the eighteenth century, when depicting the configuration of bodily parts and systems accurately was essential to expanding medical and scientific knowledge. William Hunter’s involvement with anatomical drawing began before his arrival in London in 1740. He would already have seen drawings used as visual aids in the lectures he attended in...
PublisherYale Center for British Art
Related print edition pages: pp.210-227
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00250.012