Best of British
The Story of the British Collection at
Dulwich Picture Gallery
8 July – 27 September
2009
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"A compelling British collection" The Financial
Times
"an eccentric, rich and thought-provoking
collection of British paintings" The Guardian Read the reviews
To complement its new and recently published Catalogue of
British Pictures, Dulwich Picture Gallery will be exhibiting the
best of its British paintings this summer in a captivating
exhibition telling the unique story of its British Collection.
Masterpieces from the original bequests will be displayed alongside
lesser-known paintings bequeathed by collectors other than the
Gallery’s founders, including a significant group of actors’
portraits from the time of Shakespeare. This is the first time
that many of these pictures have been shown together in the same
room and will include several usually hidden from public eyes.
Following a chronological sequence the exhibition will chart the
bequests by important collectors from the seventeenth to the
twentieth centuries, offering fascinating insights into British
notions of taste and the fashion to collect.
Full: £5 / Concessions: £4 / Children:
free
Price includes entrance to the
permanent collection
Find Out More
'The Story of the British Collection at Dulwich Picture
Gallery' From InView Magazine - PDF
Read an extract from the British
Catalogue
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