Black, Peter et al: 'My Highest Pleasure': William Hunter's Art Collection. Exhibition: Glasgow, Huntarian Art Gallery, 2007. 192 pages 150 illustrations in colour. Hardback. 28 x 24cms. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the opening of the museum, the first public example in Scotland, this book provides a biography of the founder who was both Royal surgeon and Professor of Anatomy to the Royal Academy. His circle of friends included Hogarth, Ramsay, Stubbs and Reynolds and his collection reflected both his medical and artistic interests. This work is also a catalogue of the museums collection.
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the opening of the museum, the first public example in Scotland, this book provides a biography of the founder who was both Royal surgeon and Professor of Anatomy to the Royal Academy. His circle of friends included Hogarth, Ramsay, Stubbs and Reynolds and his collection reflected both his medical and artistic interests. This work is also a catalogue of the museums collection. Text in English