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In August 2020 Hans Sloane (1660–1753) was symbolically ‘pushed off the pedestal’ (to quote the then director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer) when a bust of the museum’s founding father was removed from the main hall, near the entrance, to ‘a secure cabinet alongside artefacts explaining his...
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
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| Online toegang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Samenvatting: | In August 2020 Hans Sloane (1660–1753) was symbolically ‘pushed off the pedestal’ (to quote the then director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer) when a bust of the museum’s founding father was removed from the main hall, near the entrance, to ‘a secure cabinet alongside artefacts explaining his work in the context of the British Empire’ (PA Media). The decision to remove the statue was made partly in response to the Black Lives Matter movement reignited by the public murder of George Flo... |
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