First created 4 Sep 2011. Version 1.0 - 7 Sep 2011. Jerry Tse. London.

Wallace Collection

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The Entrance Hall with its beautiful bronze gilded staircase balustrade made in France in 1719.

The CollectionThe museum has a large number of armours and

weapons, including armours from other parts of the

world, particularly India.

The museum has an impressive collection of French

and Italian ceramic. Its collection of Serves ware is

vast and varies.

The house is filled with French Rococo furniture of

18C.

It has a large collection of paintings, in particular

French Rococo paintings, French Orientalism and

Dutch 17C paintings, supplemented by Venetian

vedute paintings.

The collection of artefacts are found mainly on the ground floor.

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Sevres wares were formerly produced in

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produced porcelain for the nobility of

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The Great Gallery was specially built to display the family’s collection.

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French Paintings

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Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun was

the best female portrait

painter of her times. She

painted over 30 portraits of

Marie Antoinette and her

family.

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French Paintings

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A masterpiece by Frans Hals.

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Huysum is most

well-known for his

still life of flower

paintings.

English Paintings

Italian Paintings

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History & FountainThe building was the family home of Marquess of

Hertford. In 1897, Lady Wallace, who was

French, died and left the collection and the house to

the nation. The Wallace Collection was opened to

the public as a national museum in 1990.

The family had a long association with France. The

3rd Marquess’ wife settled in Paris, in 1802. The 4th

Marquess moved more or less permanently to Paris

in 1838. The last heir Sir Richard Wallace grew up

and lived in Paris.

In 1872, it was Richard Wallace who donated some

50 drinking fountains to Paris, after his experience of

the 1870 siege of Paris by the Prussian army. The

fountains are common sights of Paris today.

The peaceful café-restaurant of the museum.

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Music – Parisienne Walkway composed by Gary

Moore, from the album Guitar Moods.