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Collected Item: “Exploration of the Paul Oppé Library and Archive”

Contribution Title

Exploration of the Paul Oppé Library and Archive

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Adolphus Paul Oppé (22 September 1878–29 March 1957) was an art historian and collector with a particular interest in British drawings and watercolours from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His scholarly work, like his collecting, focused on figures such as John Sell Cotman, Alexander Cozens, Francis Towne, Paul and Thomas Sandby and Thomas Rowlandson, and contributed considerably to establishing their reputations as major British artists

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Material from the Paul Oppé Archive & Library. Photograph courtesy of the Paul Mellon Centre.

Content Type

Online Exhibition

Subject (1)

Collection Introduction

Subject (2)

Art and Architectural History

Subject (3)

Cultural History

Geographical Area (1)

Britain and Ireland

Geographical Area (2)

Europe

Time Period

16th-17th Century

Time Period (2)

18th-19th Century

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20th century

Contribution URL

https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/oppe-spotlight
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