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Description: | The collection contains 20th century British paintings and drawings, Victorian works, local scenes and personalities and contemporary prints, paintings and drawings. Examples include 'Famine', 1904 by John Charles Dollman; 'Still Waters Run Deep', 1877 by Edward Henry Fahey, 'Visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert', 1851 by George Hayes, RCA and 'A Volunteer for the Lifeboat' by Mrs M D Webb Robinson (exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1892). Industrial art includes sketches, drawings, watercolours, oils, prints and illuminated addressed from the 18th century onward.
The local authority also owns a significant collection of works by L S Lowry, which has been placed on loan to the Lowry Centre. There are also sculptures such as the undated marble statue 'Cain and Abel', presented by Benjamin Armitage in 1889. | Subjects: | Fine Art | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | 322 Ordsall Lane
Salford,
M5 3EX | FAX: | 0161 872 4951 | Telephone: | 0161 872 0251 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2319 | Go to resource |
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