Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Hertfordshire

by Public Catalogue Foundation; Ellis, Andrew (CON); Roe, Sonia; Garner, Richard (CON); Moss, Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9781904931324
• ISBN10: 1904931324
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Ltd

Summary

"This volume shows some 1,600 oil paintings in public ownership in the county of Hertfordshire. Drawn from over 40 collections across the county including museums, art galleries, council buildings, educational establishments and public libraries, the paintings in this catalogue provide a fascinating insight into the cultural heritage of the county. The catalogue includes Bushey Museum and Art Gallery with its nationally important holding of paintings by Hubert von Herkomer and his students, together with several fine eighteenth-century paintings in the Watford Museum collection and Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery's holding of early twentieth-century British works."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

The Paintings
Ashwell
Ashwell Village Museum	p. 3
Aston
Aston Parish Council	p. 4
Baldock
Baldock Community Association	p. 4
Baldock Museum	p. 4
Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted Library*	p. 5
Berkhamsted Town Council	p. 5
Berkhamsted Town Hall Trust	p. 5
Dacorum Heritage Trust Ltd	p. 6
Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford Museum	p. 11
Bishop's Stortford Town Council	p. 12
Borehamwood
Elstree and Boreham Wood Museum	p. 13
Hertsmere Borough Council	p. 13
Bushey
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery	p. 14
Bushey Museum, Reveley Lodge	p. 85
Harpenden
Harpenden Town Council	p. 92
St George's School	p. 93
Hatfield
Central Resources Library *	p. 93
University of Hertfordshire	p. 94
Veterinary Museum (The Royal Veterinary College)	p. 105
Welwyn Hatfield Museum Service	p. 105
Hemel Hempstead
Apsley Paper Trail Archive	p. 108
Hertford
Hertford Museum	p. 109
Hertford Town Council	p. 117
Hertfordshire County Council	p. 120
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service	p. 126
Hitchin
Hitchin Library*	p. 126
Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery *	p. 127
Hoddesdon
Hoddesdon Library *	p. 138
Lowewood Museum	p. 138
Letchworth Garden City
First Garden City Heritage Museum	p. 139
Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery*	p. 145
London Colney
de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (incorporating the Mosquito Aircraft Museum)	p. 162
Potters Bar
Dame Alice Owen's School	p. 164
Potters Bar Museum	p. 165
Rickmansworth
Moor Park Heritage Foundation	p. 166
Three Rivers District Council	p. 173
Three Rivers Museum of Local History	p. 174
Royston
Royston and District Museum	p. 177
St Albans
St Albans District Council	p. 184
St Albans Library*	p. 184
St Albans Museums	p. 185
St Albans Organ Theatre	p. 191
Stevenage
Stevenage Borough Council	p. 192
Stevenage Central Library*	p. 192
Stevenage Museum	p. 193
Tring
Natural History Museum at Tring	p. 193
Tring Library*	p. 194
Tring Town Council	p. 194
Ware
Ware Museum	p. 195
Watford
Parmiter's School	p. 196
Watford Central Library*	p. 197
Watford Museum	p. 198
Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council	p. 219
Paintings Without Reproductions	p. 221
Further Information	p. 222
Collection Addresses	p. 238
Index	p. 241
Supporters of the Public Catalogue foundation	p. 247
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