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Wallace family, art collectors of London

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date: 1800-2000
Places:
  • London
  • Paris, France
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F244754
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
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c1800-2000: papers rel to art collecting incl corresp, inventories, legal documents, newspapers and articles, prints and photographs.
Wallace Collection
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Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
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Seymour-Conway family, Marquesses of Hertford
Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890) was the illegitimate son of Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870). Wallace inherited his father's collection in 1870 and bought Hertford House from the 5th Marquess of Hertford. After the death of Lady Wallace in 1897 the house and its contents were bequeathed to the nation as the Wallace Collection.
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Wallace, Sir Richard, (1818-1890), Baronet, philanthropist and art collector
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