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Description: | The collection comprises 1400 prints, with some oils and watercolours and was acquired from four main local benefactors. The largest donation is the Crawford Collection of c.1242 hand-coloured political cartoons, mainly French and dating from 1789-1815. There are also some British works by artists such as Gillray and Cruickshank. The Peer-Groves Collection comprises watercolours and ink and wash drawings, whilst the Prosser-White Collection contains 19th century local historical and topographical subjects. The Dootson Collection contains mainly oils and watercolours including those of 19th century British artists such as Lord Leighton, Birket Foster, Luke Fildes and Alma Tadema. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Library Street
Wigan,
WN1 1NU | FAX: | 01942 827 645 | Telephone: | 01942 828 128 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2045 | Go to resource |
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