Victoria Art Gallery
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  Shown within Somerset
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| Established | 1900 |
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| Location | Bath, Somerset |
| Visitor figures | 92,000 per year[1] |
| Website | Museum web site |
The Victoria Art Gallery is free public facility in Bath, Somerset, England.
The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon. The exterior of the building includes a statue of Queen Victoria, by A. C. Lucchesi,and friezes of classical figures by G. A. Lawson.[2]
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.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Welcome to the Victoria Art Gallery. Victoria Art Gallery. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
- ^ The Victoria Art Gallery, Bath. The website of Bob Speel. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
- ^ Victoria Art Gallery, Bath. 24 Hour Museum. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
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