List of figures Contributors Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Caroline Dakers Part I: Context 2 Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) the making of a collector Caroline Dakers 3 Alfred Morrison as a patron of architecture Neil Burton 4 Alfred Morrison's Old Master painting collection in context Susanna Avery-Quash Part II: Focus 5 Alfred Morrison at the 1862 London International Exhibition Martin P. Levy 6 From Yuanmingyuan to Fonthill: buying Chinese ceramics in 1860s and the invention of provenance Stacey Pierson 7 Alfred Morrison and his Summer Palace collection: sources and interpretations Katrina Hill 8 Alfred Morrison's furniture for Fonthill and 16 Carlton House Terrace: designed by Owen Jones and manufactured by Jackson and Graham Clive Edwards 9 Stampeding cattle, absurd horses and high-bred sheep: Alfred Morrison as patron and collector of animal art Alison E. Wright 10 'Fine old pictures': on the trail of Alfred Morrison's Old Masters Emily Burns 11 Reconstructing Alfred Morrison's sculpture collection Alex Kader 12 Alfred Morrison's print collection David Alexander 13 Alfred Morrison's autograph manuscripts Philip S. Palmer and Daria Rose Foner 14 'Lost if you leave me': Alfred Morrison, Placido Zuloaga, collecting, and not-knowing Dror Elkvity 15 Richard Dadd and the Morrison family Nicholas Tromans 16 Mabel Morrison: patron and collector of lace and textiles Molly-Claire Gillett Part III: Dispersal 17 Alfred Morrison's numismatic collection; recollecting the mid-twentieth century sales Richard Falkiner and Caroline Dakers 18 Treasures from the Alfred Morrison collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide 19 Dispersal, an overview Caroline Dakers Appendix: List of Morrison sale catalogues Index.