List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Getting into the Classical Mood 1
1 (Neo)classicism in the British Library
2 “Worth looking at with reflection”
Monuments as Texts and Texts as Monuments
3 “Fitt to furnish 2 or more rooms”
The Influence of Sir William Hamilton’s Vase Publications on English
Country House Furnishings
4 “Under the sun there is nothing new”
(Re)constructing Pompeii and Herculaneum
5 “Familiar objects in an unfamiliar world”
The Cachet of the Copy
6 The Cream of Antiquity
Charles Townley and His August Family of Ancient Marbles
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Notes
Index