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Description: | -The museum has a fine collection of mainly topographical prints and drawings relating to the county, much of it acquired by the former Hertfordshire County Museum. The collection is particularly strong on local views by Frederic Kitton (1856 - 1904), John Henry Buckingham (1800-1881) and EA Phipson (1854-1931).The collection also includes work by Louis Wain, some painted while he was a patient at Napsbury Hospital, London Colney, St. Albans during the 1930s. Wain was a prolific and popular artist, famous for his paintings of cats. Napsbury was one of several mental hospitals built in St. Albans during the late 19th century.;
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Hatfield Road
St Albans Hertfordshire United Kingdom,
AL1 3RR | FAX: | 01727 837472 | Telephone: | 01727 819340 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6516 | Go to resource |
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