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Description: | The collections include European old masters, British drawings, paintings, watercolours, miniatures and silhouettesfrom the 15th to the 20th century, and a small but growing collection of contemporary art. Of particular interest are the collections of prints and watercolours by local artists, views of Bath and the locality, and satirical prints.
There is a significant group of early Flemish and Dutch pictures.
The predominence of Bath donors in the early years of the gallery's existence is reflected through a large collection of Bath-related portraits.
Highlights of the Victoria Art Gallery fine art collection include Adoration of the Magi attributed to Hugo van der Goes; Thomas Malton's topographical views of Bath; J M W Turner's West Front of Bath Abbey; and portraits by Zoffany and Gainsborough
There is a large group of paintings and prints by the Barkers of Bath, including Thomas Barker's early lithographic stones (1813).
The Kimball collection of prints consists of 19th and 20th century etchings and contemporary prints. | Subjects: | Paintings Fine Art Prints Drawings | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Bridge Street
Bath,
BA2 4AT | FAX: | 01225 477 231 | Telephone: | 01225 477 772 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2548 | Go to resource |
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