Henry Edwards Huntington – His Life and Collections – A Docent Guide - Softcover

Spurgeon, Selena A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873281373 ISBN 13: 9780873281379

Publisher: University of California Press, 2002

Synopsis

This is an engaging account of the eventful lives of Henry Edwards and Arabella Huntington, leading twentieth-century philanthropists, and the extraordinary cultural institution they created in Southern California. He was a legendary book, art and plant collector and a visionary leader in the development of Southern California. She was one of the wealthiest women in the nation at the turn of the twentieth century and one of the most important art collectors of her generation. Spurgeon shares a behind-the-scenes view of both their personal lives and the development of the renowned cultural and educational centre we know today. Separate chapters describe how the art collections came together under the guidance of the shrewd art dealer Joseph Duveen: how the library grew out of Mr Huntington's passion for book collecting: and how the estate, a working ranch, evolved into one of the world's most important botanical gardens.

About this title

About the Author:

Selena Spurgeon is a longtime docent of the Huntington Library.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0873281373
• ISBN 13: 9780873281379
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 143