Victoria Dickenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1394529 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria Dickenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickenson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKENSON V |
| AFFILIATIONS | McCord Museum |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5537-477X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trust, value, and public opinion
How do museum professionals know that the institutions they serve are valued by the public? And who are the public or publics being served? Why should museums be trusted? It can be argued that one of the most important elements of professional knowledge is an understanding of the publics we serve and what the people who constitute these publics value in, and about museums. Despite its importance, the question has been little studied. This paper u…
Lady Gwillim and the birds of Madras
In 1924 Casey Wood, founder of the Blacker Wood Library at McGill University in Montreal, acquired a large portfolio of paintings of Indian birds from an antiquarian dealer in London, England. In addition to 121 watercolours of birds, the portfolio contained a dozen botanical sketches and 31 watercolours of Indian fish. After further research, Wood concluded that the birds had been painted by Lady Elizabeth Gwillim (1763–1807), the wife of a Supr…
Taylor White's ‘paper museum’
For almost 40 years, the British jurist and Fellow of the Royal Society Taylor White (1701–1772) actively engaged in commissioning artists to paint plants and animals for his ‘paper museum’. White amassed a collection of almost 1000 drawings of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles, acquired by McGill University in 1927. His first recorded purchase was a watercolour by George Edwards (1694–1773). He also acquired works from Eleazar Albin …
Introduction
Obliging and curious
Taylor White (1701-1772) was by profession a barrister and judge, active in public life in London. His life as a jurist and as the long-serving treasurer of the Foundling Hospital is documented in the records of his public appointments and in his own official correspondence. This article reveals the other Taylor White, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1725), and an active participant in the practice of science in the mid eighteenth century. White a…
A Summer in Newfoundland
Research Article| February 01 2020 A Summer in Newfoundland: Living Somewhat Locally Victoria Dickenson Victoria Dickenson After a long career in museums, Victoria Dickenson has returned to first loves—old books and new histories. She is Adjunct Professor, Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library, specializing in the history of natural history, with an avid interest in culinary history, and a strong desire to be in the kitche…
The contemporary museum
Call the lost dream back
A Veritable Scoff
A Veritable Scoff: Sources on Foodways and Nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador, Maura Hanrahan and Marg Ewtushik, Flanker Press, 2001, 110 pages. Un article de la revue Cuizine (Volume 2, numéro 1, 2009) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Cartier, Champlain, and the Fruits of the New World
Much has been written of the Columbian exchange, the transfer between New World and Old of people, pathogens, flora and fauna. The biota of two hemispheres, once seemingly irredeemably separated, were interpenetrated, both through accident and through human agency. Part of this exchange involved medicinal and food plants, discovered in the New World and adopted into the Old. This paper examines the translation of a number of New World plants that…
Introduction. Natural Science in the New World
A Trip to China
Canadian Content
This article asserts that to make Canada's presence felt, we must understand the importance of the base-level information held by the country's preserving institutions (museums, libraries, and archives), and government must fund them to make their rich database content accessible on-line. The author suggests that Canada's meagre Internet presence can be strengthened by developing authoritative databases of Canadian literature, history, and art in…
Cartier, Champlain, and the Fruits of the New World
Much has been written of the Columbian exchange, the transfer between New World and Old of people, pathogens, flora and fauna. The biota of two hemispheres, once seemingly irredeemably separated, were interpenetrated, both through accident and through human agency. Part of this exchange involved medicinal and food plants, discovered in the New World and adopted into the Old. This paper examines the translation of a number of New World plants that…
Canadian Content
This article asserts that to make Canada's presence felt, we must understand the importance of the base-level information held by the country's preserving institutions (museums, libraries, and archives), and government must fund them to make their rich database content accessible on-line. The author suggests that Canada's meagre Internet presence can be strengthened by developing authoritative databases of Canadian literature, history, and art in…
A Trip to China
Introduction. Natural Science in the New World
Cartier, Champlain, and the Fruits of the New World
Much has been written of the Columbian exchange, the transfer between New World and Old of people, pathogens, flora and fauna. The biota of two hemispheres, once seemingly irredeemably separated, were interpenetrated, both through accident and through human agency. Part of this exchange involved medicinal and food plants, discovered in the New World and adopted into the Old. This paper examines the translation of a number of New World plants that…
A Veritable Scoff
A Veritable Scoff: Sources on Foodways and Nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador, Maura Hanrahan and Marg Ewtushik, Flanker Press, 2001, 110 pages. Un article de la revue Cuizine (Volume 2, numéro 1, 2009) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Call the lost dream back
The contemporary museum
A Summer in Newfoundland
Research Article| February 01 2020 A Summer in Newfoundland: Living Somewhat Locally Victoria Dickenson Victoria Dickenson After a long career in museums, Victoria Dickenson has returned to first loves—old books and new histories. She is Adjunct Professor, Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library, specializing in the history of natural history, with an avid interest in culinary history, and a strong desire to be in the kitche…
Taylor White's ‘paper museum’
For almost 40 years, the British jurist and Fellow of the Royal Society Taylor White (1701–1772) actively engaged in commissioning artists to paint plants and animals for his ‘paper museum’. White amassed a collection of almost 1000 drawings of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles, acquired by McGill University in 1927. His first recorded purchase was a watercolour by George Edwards (1694–1773). He also acquired works from Eleazar Albin …
Introduction
Obliging and curious
Taylor White (1701-1772) was by profession a barrister and judge, active in public life in London. His life as a jurist and as the long-serving treasurer of the Foundling Hospital is documented in the records of his public appointments and in his own official correspondence. This article reveals the other Taylor White, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1725), and an active participant in the practice of science in the mid eighteenth century. White a…
Lady Gwillim and the birds of Madras
In 1924 Casey Wood, founder of the Blacker Wood Library at McGill University in Montreal, acquired a large portfolio of paintings of Indian birds from an antiquarian dealer in London, England. In addition to 121 watercolours of birds, the portfolio contained a dozen botanical sketches and 31 watercolours of Indian fish. After further research, Wood concluded that the birds had been painted by Lady Elizabeth Gwillim (1763–1807), the wife of a Supr…
Trust, value, and public opinion
How do museum professionals know that the institutions they serve are valued by the public? And who are the public or publics being served? Why should museums be trusted? It can be argued that one of the most important elements of professional knowledge is an understanding of the publics we serve and what the people who constitute these publics value in, and about museums. Despite its importance, the question has been little studied. This paper u…
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