A Life in Art

Harriet Bridgeman describes how a simple idea led her to found one of the world’s most prestigious libraries of art.

I see my life, in common, I  suspect, with most people, as not having had one blindingly significant point of departure but rather a series of revelations and prompts which imperceptibly evolved into the mainstream of my life and a consistent route dominated by art.

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