20 Masterpieces at Mount Stuart: Paintings from the Bute Collection

Description

The Bute Collection is one of the foremost collections of fine and decorative arts, books and archival material in Britain, particularly noted for its Dutch Golden Age masterpieces and British 18th-century portraiture. Assembled over three centuries by several generations of the Crichton-Stuart family, the Earls and Marquesses of Bute, parts of the collection can be seen today at the neo-gothic ancestral family seat of Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute - an architectural masterpiece in its own right. This splendidly illustrated book provides an excellent introduction to the paintings that form just one element of this outstanding collection, including some of the finest pictures in the nation, and is the first in a series planned to celebrate each aspect of Mount Stuart's rich cultural heritage. AUTHORS: Caitlin Blackwell Baines was a Bute Fellow and Research Curator at the Mount Stuart Trust from 2016-2019. Charlotte Rostek is Head of Collection at the Mount Stuart Trust. SELLING POINTS: . Provides an excellent introduction to The Bute Collection, one of the foremost collections of arts, books and archival material in Britain . Splendidly illustrated in full colour throughout . The first part of a series planned to celebrate each aspect of Mount Stuart's rich cultural heritage

Caitlin Blackwell Baines was a Bute Fellow and Research Curator at the Mount Stuart Trust from 2016-2019. Charlotte Rostek is Head of Collection at the Mount Stuart Trust.