A visit to the Wallace Collection, London
The Wallace Collection in London used to be one of the city's best-kept secrets. The result of three generations of art collecting by a very wealthy family (they had a knack for marrying well), the collection fills Hertford House in Manchester Square. It's gradually getting better known, at least partly due to an ongoing series of refurbishments of the house's galleries. The Great Gallery which re-opened last month (September 2014) is particularly spectacular.
The family had close links with France, so there is a distinctly French feel about the collection, with works by such artists as Boucher, Fragonard and Watteau. But there's also an extensive collection of Dutch paintings, as well as works by the old masters - Rembrandt, Titian, Velazquez and Rubens, among others. A visit to the Wallace Collection is a feast for the eyes!
An introduction to the Wallace Collection | Xavier Bray, Director
The Wallace Collection is an internationally outstanding collection which contains unsurpassed masterpieces of paintings, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour and porcelain.
Built over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, it is one of the finest and most celebrated collections in the world.
So that it could be kept together and enjoyed by generations of visitors, the collection was given to the British Nation in 1897. It was an astonishing bequest and one of the greatest gifts of art works ever to be transferred into public ownership.
Today, our job is to maintain, research, and inspire the public to love and understand the Collection.
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The Wallace Collection is an art collection in London open to the public, housed at Hertford House in Manchester Square, in the City of Westminster, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. The Wallace Collection comprises a world-famous range of fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries with large holdings of French 18th-century paintings, furniture, arms & armour, porcelain and Old Master paintings arranged into 25 galleries.
Wallace Collection was established in 1897 from the private collection mainly created by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800–1870), who left both it and the house to his illegitimate son Sir Richard Wallace (1818–1890), whose widow bequeathed the entire collection to the nation. Wallace Collection opened to permanent public view in 1900 in Hertford House, and remains there to this day. A condition of the bequest was that no object should ever leave the collection, even for loan exhibitions. Admission is free. The Wallace Collection is a non-departmental public body.
The Wallace Collection numbers nearly 5,500 objects and is best known for its quality and breadth of eighteenth-century French paintings, Sèvres porcelain and French furniture. The Wallace Collection also displays many other treasures, such as two paintings by Titian, five Rembrandts, nine Rubenses, four Van Dycks, eight Canalettos, nineteen Bouchers, masterpieces by de Hooch, nine Teniers, Frans Hals, nine Murillos, two Velázquez and paintings by Domenichino, Cima, Daddi, Reni, Rosa, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Antoine Watteau, Nicholas Lancret, Jan Steen, Aelbert Cuyp and nine Guardis. The Collection also includes a fine collection of arms and armour, featuring both European and Oriental objects, as well as displays of gold boxes, miniatures, sculpture and medieval and Renaissance works of art such as maiolica, glass, bronzes and Limoges enamels.
The works of art in the Wallace Collection comprise:
Paintings, watercolours and drawings 775
Furniture 528
Ceramics 510
European and Oriental arms and armour 2,370
Sculpture 466
Miniatures 334
Medieval and Renaissance works of art 363
Goldsmiths' work 120
The Wallace Collection is split into six curatorial departments, Pictures and Miniatures, Ceramics and Glass, Sculpture and Works of Art, Arms and Armour, Sèvres porcelain and Gold Boxes and Furniture.
The Wallace Collection is particularly strong in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the seventeenth century and in eighteenth and nineteenth-century French paintings, though there are also outstanding works by English, Italian and Spanish artists. Strengths of the collection include examples by Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, Canaletto, Gainsborough, François Boucher, Fragonard, Murillo, Titian, Poussin and Velázquez. in the world. It includes 137 vases, 80 tea wares, 67 useful wares, 3 biscuit figures and 130 plaques (mostly on furniture), and was acquired by the Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace between c. 1802–75.
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Sir Richard Wallace - The Collector
Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector | #RW200
Wednesday 20th June, 2018 - Sunday 6th January, 2019
In June 2018, the Wallace Collection opens its new £1.2 million exhibition space with Sir Richard Wallace: The Collector, an exhibition celebrating 200 years since the birth of the museum’s founder, Sir Richard Wallace. The exhibition explores the man, his life and his unprecedented contribution to the nation’s cultural heritage. The supposed illegitimate son of the Fourth Marquess of Hertford, Sir Richard Wallace unexpectedly inherited the Marquess’s dazzling collection of art, an act which was to change the direction of his own life and that of the masterpieces in his care.
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The Magnificent Wallace Collection, London. A Slideshow.
The exquisite Wallace Collection is in Hertford House, on the north side of Manchester Square, London, a short walk north from Oxford Street (10 mins. from Bond Street Tube Station).
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From Wikipedia: The Wallace Collection is a museum in London, with a world-famous range of fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries with large holdings of French 18th-century paintings, furniture, arms & armour, porcelain and Old Master paintings arranged into 25 galleries.
It was established in 1897 from the private collection mainly created by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800–1870), who left it and the house to his illegitimate son Sir Richard Wallace (1818–1890), whose widow bequeathed the entire collection to the nation. The museum opened to the public in 1900 in Hertford House, Manchester Square, and remains there, housed in its entirety, to this day. A condition of the bequest was that no object ever leave the collection, even for loan exhibitions. Admission is free.
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Tabish Khan takes us on a tour around the Wallace Collection in central London, discovering a staircase made out of money, some extremely rare armour, and a painting that influences those around it.
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Set in a historic London town house, The Wallace Collection provides the ultimate antidote to the reigning white cube aesthetic. It was established in 1897 from the collection of the first four Marquesses of Hertford, via the fourth Marquess’ illegitimate son (Sir Richard Wallace) and his generous widow. Best known for holding works by Titian, Rembrandt and Velázquez, it is the natural resting place of the famous Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals. Find out more here -
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Damien Hirst at the Wallace Collection
European arms and armour of the Wallace Collection, London
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Introduction to the Wallace Collection in British Sign Language
New introduction video to the Wallace Collection in British Sign Language, with voice over and subtitles for our D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors.
For more information on our D/deaf and hard of hearing programme or other access events please see link to our Access page wallacecollection.org/visiting/access
How To Visit The Wallace Collection
We worked with children from St. Vincents Primary School to produce a 'How To Visit The Wallace Collection' film. This is an informative film, which is made available to schools and teachers on the Wallace Collection's website. Teachers will show this film to their class before their visit to the museum, informing the school group about how to enjoy a safe visit.
Our Favourite Things - A Tour of the Wallace Collection by the Young Curators 2018
The Wallace Collection and St Vincent's Primary School, Marylebone present a tour of their favourite things at the Wallace Collection. Enjoy!
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Discover the Wallace Collection
Discover the Wallace Collection with this short video exploring the highlights of the Collection.
Film by Jamie Isbell, music by Oscar Webster Bell.
Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail - Victoria and Albert Museum and Wallace Collection
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Vivienne Westwood - Wallace Collection
Vivienne Westwood on how the Wallace Collection has influenced and inspired her career.
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