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Victorian Art in Britain |
Leeds
City Art Gallery
The Headrow, Leeds
Telephone : 0113 247 8248
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Leeds City Art Gallery
was built in 1887 with funds raised from the public and
was opened to the public by the Lord Mayor, Aldermann Scarr, and Professor
Hubert Von Herkomer, in October 1888. It now houses an
outstanding collection of English watercolours; fine Victorian
academic and Pre-Raphaelite painting; late 19th century French
pictures and provides "probably the best collection of 20th
century British art outside London" (The Times) Included in this fine collection are :- J
W Waterhouse - The Lady of Shallot (1894)
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