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Robert Vernon (art patron)

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Between 1820 and 1847 Vernon collected about 200 pictures by living British artists, with a few by other European painters. On 22 December 1847 he presented a selection of 166 pictures from his collection to the nation through a gift to the National Gallery.
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is particularly interesting in this regard because it was itself originally part of the collection at the Louvre.
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He also intended to give money in his will to support art and artists. In the event
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One item of particular interest in the Vernon collection is the Vernon
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inherited from the unmarried Vernon, changing his surname to do so.
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His collection of mainly modern British art included paintings by
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Index

Vernon collection

Henry Collen
George Jones

Mona Lisa
self-made man
Napoleonic wars
Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Gainsborough
John Constable
J.M.W Turner
Marlborough House
South Kensington Museum
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
Tate Gallery

Leicester Viney Smith
Society of Antiquaries
Pall Mall, London
Ardington
Berkshire
Mona Lisa
Louvre
Leonardo da Vinci



Lee, Sidney

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