Dubbing Harley 'lavish Curio' in his verse, Alexander Pope depict Harley as the embodiment of extravagance'
Derek Adlam
Derek Adlam explores the life of Edward Harley, Second Earl of Oxford in this essay in 'six acts', illustrated with full-colour images of objects from the historic Portland Collections of fine and decorative arts.
Published to accompany The Harley Gallery's exhibition 'The Great Collector' which showed in 2014