Victoria Art Gallery
Coordinates: 51°22′58″N 2°21′31″W / 51.38265°N 2.35860°W
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 Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
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| Established | 1900 |
| Location | Bath, Somerset |
| Visitor figures | 92,000 per year[1] |
| Website | Museum website |
The Victoria Art Gallery is free public art museum in Bath, Somerset, England.
The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon, and has been designated as a Grade II listed building.[2] The exterior of the building includes a statue of Queen Victoria, by A. C. Lucchesi, and friezes of classical figures by G. A. Lawson.[3]
The Gallery was named to celebrate Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. It is run by Bath and North East Somerset council and houses their collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
It includes over 1,500 decorative arts treasures including a display of British oil paintings from 17th century to the present day including works by Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Jones Barker and Walter Sickert.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Welcome to the Victoria Art Gallery". Victoria Art Gallery. http://www.victoriagal.org.uk/index.cfm?UUID=11A6457D-2792-47E5-9D19FD019D92F28F. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ "Victoria Art Gallery and Library". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442375. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ "The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath". The website of Bob Speel. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/place/bath.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ "Victoria Art Gallery, Bath". Culture24. http://www.culture24.org.uk/sw000050. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
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[edit] Gallery
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The side of the gallery showing the old entrance and statue of Queen Victoria
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Foyer of the gallery
