Oil Paintings and Watercolours
Frederic Leighton's 'Cherries' is probably the most popular painting in the Museum, but is only one of an exceptional collection of classical Victorian paintings which also includes Edwin Long's 'Diana or Christ?' and Albert Moore's 'The Loves of the Winds and the Seasons'.
Animal painters such as JF Herring, Thomas Sidney 'Cow' Cooper, and Richard Ansdell are very well represented, and there is a large group of paintings by Archibald Thorburn, the well-known bird painter. All the great names of Victorian watercolour painting are represented, with eight works by JMW Turner and good examples by Samuel Palmer, David Cox, William 'bird's nest' Hunt, and Thomas Girtin.
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