Noble and Patriotic: Beaumont Gift

by etc. (Author), JohnLeighton (Author), F . Owen (Author), David Blayney Brown (Author), JohnLeighton (Author), David Blayney Brown (Author), F . Owen (Author)

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  1988

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  A book commemorating the 160th anniversary of the Beaumont gift, a key moment in the history of the National Gallery. Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827) was a painter, patron and connoisseur. He was a close friend of Reynolds, Wordsworth and other leading figures of his age and a tireless protagonist for the establishment of a national gallery. His gift of 16 paintings, including such works as Rubens's View of Het Steen and Claude's Hagar and the Angel , spurred the government of the day to take positive action to found a National Gallery. The book provides an insight into 19th-century patronage and connoisseurship.