CONTENTS foreword by xavier bray, director of the wallace collection 7 acknowledgements 10 PART ONE 15 1 who was sir richard wallace? 15 ii art agent to lord hertford and independent collector, 1842-57 41 iii curating lord hertford's collection 75 iv a sense of place and purpose 117 PART TWO 157 v expanding the collection 157 vi curating the collection 205 vii taking art to the public 273 PART THREE 319 viii sir richard wallace's death and its aftermath 319 Explanations: Prefixes, Dimensions and Glossary 348 Images of Wallace Collection works of art mentioned but not illustrated in the text 349 Map of Hertford and Wallace properties in Paris 366 A note on currency and prices 368 Chronology 369 Exhibitions to which Sir Richard and Lady Wallace made loans 383 Notes 386 Select Bibliography 417 Picture credits 421 Index 424.