The Formation, development and curation of the Tapling Collection at the British Museum Library in the Nineteenth Century

2021/07/09 by Richard Scott Morel, Morel, Richard Scott
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Culinary Culture and Tourism

paper · doi:10.23636/ehm5-1k90

openalex publication_date 2021/07/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

In 1891 Thomas Keay Tapling bequeathed his near complete, worldwide collection of stamps and postal stationery to the British Museum Library. To celebrate the 130th anniversary of this event which created the British Library's Philatelic Collections, this article provides an overview of the Tapling Collection's formation, development and early curation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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