GRANTS FOR 2007/08
Aberystwyth, CeredigionMuseum
- Edmund Becker
Group of 9 topographical views of Aberystwyth, 1808
Pen and ink wash; 10 x 15 cm to 15 x 23 cm (range)£1,000
AberystwythUniversity Art Collection
- Ruth Duckworth
Untitled sculpture, 2004
Porcelain; 16 x 17.8 x 12 cm£1,200
- John Copley and Ethel Gabain
Collection of 111 prints and drawings, 1909-50
Lithograph and watercolour; 20.5 x 12.5 cm to 55.3 x 45.7 cm (range)£10,000
Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireCountyMuseum
- Paul Nash
Whiteleaf Cross, 1931
Watercolour, 36.8 x 54.6 cm£15,000
- Medieval mount from Oakley in the form of the “Green Man”,
14th or 15th century
Silver; 2.7 x 2.7 cm£400
- Samuel Palmer
Crossing the Ford, 1846
Watercolour; 51.4 x 70.5 cm£30,000
- Bronze Age ring from Stone
Gold£400
BarnardCastle, The BowesMuseum
- JMW Turner
BowesCastle, Yorkshire, c.1831
Watercolour; 24.6 x 17.8 cm£10,675
Bath, HolburneMuseum
- Sir Thomas Lawrence
Portrait drawings of Samuel and Abel Rous Dottin, c.1783-4
Pencil on paper; 24 x 19 cm each£7,000
Bath & North East Somerset Heritage Services
- George Sydney Shepherd
Bath Abbey, c.1840
Oil on panel; 49.5 x 52 cm£2,500
- Peter Blake
Daisy Fairy, 1981-2
Oil on hardboard; 28 x 16.5 cm£17,000
Bath Preservation Trust
- Cabinet made for William Beckford for LansdownTower, c.1828-40
Oak; 146 x 80 x 25.4 cm£18,000
Beaulieu, NationalMotorMuseum
- Collection of Land Speed Record toys and memorabilia, 1920s-1960s£15,000
Bedford, CecilHigginsArtGallery
- Dora Carrington
Spanish Boy, 1929
Oil on canvas; 63.5 x 50.8 cm£12,500
Birmingham City Museums & Art Gallery
- Karl Weschke
Caliban, 1977-78
Oil on canvas; 172 x 129.9 cm£16,000
- Catherine Maddox Brown
A Deep Problem: 9 and 6 Make, 1875
Watercolour; 46.5 x 44 cm£5,000
Bolton Museum & Art Gallery
- The Moran family
Collection of 42 prints, c.1870-89
Etchings; 8.4 x 13.7 cm to 45.2 x 37 cm (range)£4,935
BradfordMuseums, Galleries & Heritage
- Yinka Shonibare
Wanderer,2007
Wood and cotton; 71 x 101.6 x 22.9 cm£12,000
- Paula Rego
The Guardians, suite of 9 prints, 2001-2
Lithograph; 69.5 x 91 cm to 99.5 x 67 cm (range)£3,000
Bridgnorth, NorthgateMuseum
- Roman coin hoard from Albrighton£750
BrightonArtGallery, Museum & Royal Pavilion
- Alice Kettle
Here comes the Moon, 2005
Free machine embroidery; 133 x 170 cm£2,250
- George Barbier
Album for Falbalas & Fanfreluches, 1925
Pochoir print; 26.5 x 7.5 cm each£1,000
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
- Misericord from Bristol Cathedral, c.1520
Oak; 24 x 68 cm£12,000
- Mariele Neudecker
DVD and video commissioned from the artist for the Egyptology
Gallery, 2007
Projected images from hard disk and CCTV camera£2,500
- Circle of Gilbert Jackson
A Daughter of Florence Poulett & Thomas Smyth of Ashton Court,
with her Black Page, c.1640
Oil on canvas; 84 x 66 cm£20,000
- Luke Jerram
HIV.2004
Glass; h 7.6 cm£750
Caernarfon, Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum
- Military Cross to Siegfried Sassoon, 1916£15,000
Cambridge, FitzwilliamMuseum
- Scent flask, c.1753-60
Capodimonte porcelain; h 10.6 cm£12,000
- Marco Benefial
Vision of St Philip Neri, 1721
Oil on canvas; 100 x 65.2 cm£40,000
- James McNeill Whistler
Two prints:
The Doorway, 1879-80
The Beggars, 1879-80
Etching; 29.4 x 20 cm and 30.5 x 20.8 cm£4,494
Canterbury City Museums
- Samuel Scott
A View of the Inside of Mergate Pier, 1734
Pen and ink; 22.8 x 69.9 cm£3,000
- Anglo-Saxon funerary group from Bridge£2,500
- Lucien Pissarro
View of Rye from Cadborough, 1913
Watercolour; 19.5 x 25 cm£2,000
- William Alexander
View of the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, 1800
Watercolour; 21.5 x 29.2 cm£1,000
CardiffCastle
- William Burges
Table designed for CardiffCastle, c.1874
Ebony, walnut and ivory; 72 x 94 x 40 cm£12,000
Carlisle, Border and King’s OwnRoyalBorderRegimentalMuseum
- Minie rifle issued to the Light Company, 34th Cumberland Regiment of Foot,
1852
Steel, iron, brass, walnut; l 150 cm£1,750
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire Archive Service
- Derwydd estate archive, 1543-1959£10,000
Chelmsford Museums
- Michael Ayrton
Contained Maze, 1966
Acrylic and collage on canvas; 102 x 152 cm£6,500
- Anglo-Saxon mount from mid Essex
Gold and garnet; 2.2 cm diameter£1,000
- Anne Eggebert
51˚ 44’N 0˚ 28’E, 2008
Pencil; 52 x 96 cm£600
CheltenhamArtGallery & Museum Service
- Gerald Gardiner
Portrait of the artist’s wife, 1934-35
Oil on canvas; 71.5 x 66 cm£4,000
Chester, CheshireChester Archives & Local Studies Service
- Archives of the Pigot family of Somerford Radnor, 13th-17th century£1,250
- John Probert
Survey of the Cheshire estates of Sir Brian Broughton Delves, 1762£400
Chippenham, Wiltshire & Swindon Archives
- Survey of tenants at Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, 1633-40£270
Colchester Museums
- Roderic Barrett
Group of 10 prints, 1936-52
Wood engravings and lino cut; 6 x 9.5 cm to 30.5 x 23.5 cm (range)£1,698
Derby Museums & Art Gallery
- Louis Solon
Medallion depicting William Bemrose, 1906
Minton porcelain; 14 cm (diameter)£718
- Medieval brooch from Breadsall, 13th century
Gold; l 2cm£300
Devizes, WiltshireHeritageMuseum
- Saxon bi-conical bead from Ogbourne St Andrew
Gold; l 1.6 cm, w 1.3 cm£325
- Roman coin hoard from Alton£2,500
Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery
- Hexagonal vase, c.1825
Rockingham porcelain; h 48.5 cm£1,750
Dorchester, DorsetCountyMuseum
- Neolithic axehead from Newton Peverill from the Pitt-Rivers Collection
Jadeite; 19.6 x 9.4 x 1.5 cm£8,000
- Finger-ring from Tolpuddle, 13th-15th century
Gold£600
- Seal matrix with Roman intaglio from Manston, 13th century
Silver and cornelian; 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm£250
Dudley Museum & Art Gallery
- Material relating to the Stourbridge glass industry from the
Jack Hayden collection, 19th and 20th centuries£9,878
(3 grants)
ElyMuseum
- Posy ring from Soham, 17th-18th century
Gold; 2.4 x 1.8 cm£450
FalmouthArtGallery
- Henry Scott Tuke
A Morning Gossip, 1885
Oil on panel; 27 x 34 cm£12,000
Gloucester, Gloucestershire Library & Information Service
- The Sudeley Archive, c.1300-1872£ 9,750
Gloucester, Nature in Art
- Michael Porter
The Road to Issel, 2006
Mixed media on canvas; 120 x 100 cm£3,000
Grasmere, WordsworthMuseum
- William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800£8,000
Haworth, BrontëParsonageMuseum
- Branwell Brontë
Portrait of Maria Taylor, c.1838-39
Oil on canvas; 58.9 x 49.8 cm£3,437
Hull City Museums & Art Galleries
- Richard Carline
Study of Stanley Spencer, 1924
Oil on canvas; 62 x 37.5 cm£11,000
- Katherine Mangie of Hull
Porringer, c.1695
Silver; h 8 cm, 9.75 cm(diameter)£4,250
- Keith Piper
The Abolitionist’s Parlour, 2007
Three screen DVD/video projection with sound track£2,250
KendalAbbotHallArtGallery
- Celia Paul
My Mother and the Cross, 2001
Oil on canvas; 143 x 143 cm£6,500
- RB Kitaj
Poet, 2006
Oil on canvas; 30.5 x 30.5 cm£4,000
LancasterCityMuseum
- Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company,London
Presentation model of Morecambe Open-Air Bathing Pool, 1936
Silver; 53.5 x 28 cm£1,800
LancasterUniversity, PeterScottGallery
- Halima Cassell
Euphrates, 2005
Unglazed stoneware; 30.5 cm (diameter)£700
LeamingtonSpaArtGallery and Museum
- Philip Sutton
Magnificent!, 2005
Oil on canvas; 108 x 138 cm£4,500
- Terry Atkinson
Letters from the Artist 2/4, 1986
Mixed media; 122 x 244 cm£3,500
LeedsMuseums & Galleries
- James and Ann Pascall
Four torchères made for Temple Newsam House, 1745-46
Gilt pine, walnut; h 123 cm (each)£40,000
- Alfred Gilbert
Collection of maquettes, casts, tools and papers, late 19th -early 20th century£2,500
- Kate Malone
Trunky Wild Hedgerow Vase, 2006
Stoneware; 33 x 37 cm, 23 cm (diameter)£2,000
- William and Aaron Lestourgeon
Tea canister, 1768
Silver; 9.5 x 9.5 cm£2,500
- Gasolier, 1865-75
Brass; 135 x 75 cm£1,500
- Nancy Rayner
The Drawing Room, Parlington Hall, 1852
Watercolour; 41 x 57 cm£600
- Group of 7 notebooks of David Dye, 1969-71£1,750
- Terry Atkinson
In a Black Bunker in Armagh…, 1985
Pencil on card; 78 x 112 cm£1,500
LeicesterCityMuseum Service
- Ernst Neuschul
Messias, 1919
Oil on cardboard; 94 x 53 cm£2,720
Leicester, LeicestershireMuseums, ArtGalleries & Record Services
- Anglo-Saxon pendant from Shepshed
Gold and garnet; 2.7 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm£1,000
- Hoard of late Iron Age- early Roman treasure from South
East Leicestershire
Silver, gold, copper, pottery, animal bone£35,000
Letchworth, NorthHertfordshireMuseums
- Frederick Landseer Griggs
View of Titmore Cottages, Titmore Green, c.1894
Watercolour; 35 x 42 cm£500
- Frederick Landseer Griggs
Pair of topographical views of Hitchin, 1898-1901
Ink on paper; 47.5 x 36.5 cm and 65 x 39 cm£375
Lewes, East Sussex Record Office
- Letter book of George Henry Verrall of Sussex Lodge,
Newmarket, 1875-1902£386
Lewes, Sussex Archaeological Society
- Four rings from Laughton, 15th century
Gold£3,750
Lincoln, Lincolnshire Museums Service
- Roman votive boar statuette from Rothwell
Bronze; 3.5 x 5.5 cm£800
LiverpoolUniversityArtGallery
- Stuart Sutcliffe
Two untitled works, c.1961
Mixed media; 30 x 20 cm each£11,000
Llandrindod Wells, PowysMuseum Service
- Augustus John
WelshMountains, c.1911-12
Oil on panel; 30.2 x 50.5 cm£10,000
London, CartoonMuseum
- James Gillray
Portrait of Charles James Fox, c.1790s
Ink and watercolour; 9.8 x 7.8 cm£960
London, City of Westminster Archives Centre
- Archives of Beale & Inman, tailors, c.1828-1980£1,500
London, GeffryeMuseum
- Giles Grendy
Drop leaf table, 1730s
Mahogany; 71 x 150 x 55 cm£5,000
London, GuildhallArtGallery
- Gerald Moira
Fourdesigns for murals and a stained glass window at the Old Bailey, c.1901
Watercolour and gouache; 21 x 40 cm each£2,000
London, Lambeth Palace Library
- Annotated copy of the execution warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots,
1 February 1586/7£20,000
London, Leighton House
- Frederic, Lord Leighton
Needless Alarms, 1886
Bronze; 51 x 17 cm£5,000
London, Library & Museum of Freemasonry
- Archives relating to the order of the Golden Dawn, 1880s-1940s£7,500
London, RoyalCollege of Music Library
- Collection of autograph manuscripts by the Wesley family, c.1780-1842£1,000
London, Royal Institute of British Architects Library
- Samuel Wyatt
Album of drawings for Mere Hall, Cheshire, 1783
Watercolour, pen and ink; 33 x 48 cm to 33 x 92 cm (range)£5,000
London, Southwark, CumingMuseum
- John Minton
Portrait of Owen “Oska” Wood, c.1947
Pencil; 28.1 x 18.5 cm£375
Manchester City Galleries
- Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Pair of views of Manchester, 1840-50
Oil on canvas; 61 x 86 cm (each)£15,000
ManchesterUniversity, John Rylands Library
- Mary Hamilton papers, 1768-1815£25,000
ManchesterUniversity, WhitworthArtGallery
- Nigel Henderson
Study for Parallel of Life and Art, 1952
Mixed media and photographs; 21.6 x 30.5 cm£2,250
- Group of 3 Modernist textiles:
Poiret’s Ecole Martine, 1914
Block-printed velvet cotton; 109 x 64 cm
Warner and Sons for Fortnum and Mason, 1937
Block printed linen; 130 x 127 cm
Nancy Nicholson, 1947
Block-printed cotton; 92 x 158 cm£5,000
Middlesbrough Museums
- Albert Chevallier Tayler
Portrait of EW Hornung, 1906
Oil on canvas; 51 x 41 cm£1,320
- Wall shelf, c.1880s
Linthorpe Pottery ceramic; 41.3 x 34.3 x 16.5 cm£1,200
- Vase, c.1880s
Linthorpe Pottery ceramic; h 40.8cm£400
Monmouth, Monmouthshire Museums Service
- Henrietta Bowdler
Album of 12 views in Monmouthshire, 1789
Pencil, crayon, pen and ink; 15.8 x 23 cm£1,218
- Anne Cooper
Illustrated journal of a tour down the Wye, 1786
Watercolour, pen and ink; 20 x 16.5 cm£1,581
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear Museums Service
- Davidson’s & Sowerby’s of Newcastle
Collection of 32 pieces, c.1882-1969
Pressed glass£1,000
Newport, Isle of WightMuseumService
- Anglo-Saxon skillet from Shalfleet
Copper alloy; l 34.8cm£2,750
- Seal matrix with Roman intaglio from Arreton, 13th-early 14th century
Silver and red jasper; 2.9 x 2.3 cm£800
Newport Museum & Art Gallery
- Peter Prendergast
Self Portrait II, 2003
Acrylic; 57 x 36 cm£2,000
- Portrait of Thomas Morgan
Oil on panel; 42 x 32 cm£8,500
Northallerton, NorthYorkshireCounty Record Office
- Plan of the manor of Grinton, Swaledale, c.1705
87 x 66.5 cm£500
Northampton Museums & Art Gallery
- Late Bronze Age hoard from Northampton£700
Norwich, Norfolk Museums Service
- Anglo-Saxon brooch from Holt
Silver gilt and garnet; 3.6cm (diameter)£500
- Michael William Sharp
Portrait of a Young Lady, 1837
Oil on canvas; 88.9 x 69.8 cm£1,000
- Chris Knight
Tea set, 2005 & 2007
Silver and aluminium; 6 x 6 cm to 17 x 28 x 15 cm (range)£3,540
- Rosie Snell
Stalker, 2005
Oil on canvas; 163 x 163 cm£3,440
- Carolingian mount from Great Dunham, c.800-900
Silver gilt; 2.9 x 1.9 cm£250
- Anglo-Saxon funerary group from Snetterton
Copper, iron and silver; 5.5 cm to 6.9 cm (range)£750
- Roman assemblage from Brampton
Pottery, bronze, silver, lead, iron, bone, stone£4,000
Nottingham City Museums
- Dame Laura Knight
Idylls of the King, 6 panels, 1903-06
Oil on canvas; 76 x 46 cm to 76 x 437 cm (range)£22,500
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Archives
- Guild roll of the Guild of St Mary, Nottingham, 1371£3,300
Oldham, Gallery Oldham
- Halima Cassell
Mancunian Roofscape, 2004
Unglazed ceramic; 48.4 x 48.4 cm£900
- Neeta Madahar
Group of 3 photographs:
Sustenance 104 (Spring-Cardinal), 2003
Sustencance 87 (Blue Jays), 2003
Falling, 2005
Light jet print and iris prints; 88.9 x 59.4 cm to 118.8 x 88.9 cm (range)£2,490
Oxford, AshmoleanMuseum
- Ottoman hanging, 16th century
Linen, silk embroidery; 237 x 130 cm£4,000
- Wilshere collection of Christian and Jewish antiquities, 2nd-4th century AD
Gold glass; 2.7 to 11.5 cm (range) and marble; 27 to 118 cm (range)£35,000
- Tomita Kôshichi
Writing set, 1890-1910
Lacquered wood with gold and silver; writing box 22.5 x 24.7 x 5.5 cm
and document box 41.5 x 35.5 x 15.7 cm£25,000
Oxford, Bodleian Library
- Archive of Tom Phillips’ edition of Dante’s Inferno, c.1976-86£3,000
Penzance, Penlee House Gallery & Museums
- Albert Chevallier Tayler
Her Comfort, 1889
Oil on canvas; 45 x 34 cm£4,400
- Helene Schjerfbeck
Höns Bland Höstackerfbeck, c.1887
Oil on canvas; 26 x 36 cm£21,600
Plymouth City Museums & Art Gallery
- Butter tub and cover, 1768-70
Plymouth porcelain; w 16.5 cm£1,080
- Reginald Brill
Byway in Plymouth, late 20th century
Oil on board; 37.5 x 48 cm£3,437
- Orchids bowl, c.1930
Moorcroft Pottery earthenware; h 16.5 cm, 31 cm (diameter)£360
- Richard Allman
Collection of 19 drawings illustrating the redevelopment of
Drake Circus, Plymouth, 2004-6
Pen and ink; 34.8 x 56.1 cm to 76.4 x 56.4 cm (range)£1,800
PortsmouthMuseums & Records Service
- H C Bryant
The PortsmouthTown Crier, 1864
Oil on canvas; 58.8 x 82.6 cm£1,800
Preston, Duke of Lancaster’s OwnYeomanryMuseum
- Richard Simkin
Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, c.1890
Watercolour; 65 x 97 cm£862
Preston, LancashireMuseum Service
- Coin hoard from Great Minton, c.1305-1427£700
- Mourning jewellery and memorabilia of the Gillow family, 1795-c.1900£425
- Gillows of Lancaster
Bookcase made for Mrs Hutton Rawlinson, 1722
Mahogany; 208 x 127 x 65 cm£30,000
Reading Museum & Art Gallery
- Colin Reid
A Clear Sculpture with Shells and Textured Gold Disc, 2007
Glass; 19 x 47 x 41 cm£1,500
Richmond, GreenHowardsMuseum
- George Cross medal group to Sergeant T Atkinson, 1918-62£6,400
SaffronWaldenMuseum
- Mount from High Roding, 15th century
Silver; 4.8 x 4.8 cm
£325
Salisbury, John Creasey Museum
- RoyalCollege of Art graduates
Artists Choice, 1987
Suite of prints; 30.5 x 30.5 cm£2,000
- Bill Brandt
The Devils Den, Avebury, c.1930s
Silver gelatine print; 23 x 19.7 cm£1,500
Salisbury & SouthWiltshireMuseum
- Roman hoard of 3 trulli and 2 wine strainers from Keysley Down
Copper alloy, h 8.7 cm to 11.5 cm (range)£1,500
- Albert Goodwin
View of Salisbury Cathedral, c.1900
Watercolour; 17.8 x 25.2 cm£1,600
Sheffield City Museum & Art Gallery
- Chris Knight
Candelabra No 8, 2004
Silver; 32 x 34 x 34 cm£4,000
- Hiroshi Suzuki
Acqua-Poesy II, 2007
Silver; h 33 cm, 25 cm (diameter)£5,000
- Katey Felton
Set of 3 vases
Silver and gilt; h 23 cm, 8 cm(diameter) (each)£2,000
Shrewsbury, Shropshire Archives
- David Parkes
Volume of topographical sketches, 1807-30
Watercolour; 45.7 x 30.5 cm£2,250
Southampton City Museums & Art Gallery
- Edward McKnight Kauffer
Berkshire Landscape, 1916
Oil on panel; 30.5 x 35 cm£1,950
SteyningMuseum
- Gluck
Study for Credo or Rage against the Dying of the Light, 1969
Coloured pencil; 8.6 x 12.8 cm£300
Stoke-on-Trent, The PotteriesMuseum and ArtGallery
- Anglo-Saxon disc brooch from Lichfield
Gold; 1.9 cm (diameter)£4,000
Taunton, SomersetCounty Record Office
- Steven Cox manuscript collection relating to Somerset, 1311-c.1997£20,000
Truro, CornwallCounty Record Office
- Partial transcription of Carew’s History with additional notes
concerning the history of Cornwall, c.1700£3,250
Truro, RoyalCornwallMuseum
- Richard Hayley Lever
Consols Mine, Hellesveor, St Ives, Cornwall, c.1900
Oil on canvas; 21.6 x 30.5 cm£1,250
- Late Bronze Age hoard from Mylor£2,500
WakefieldArtGalleries & Museums
- Geoffrey Jenkinson
Wakefield, 19 December 1944
Watercolour; 27.2 x 36.5 cm£450
Waltham Abbey, Epping ForestDistrictMuseum
- Two nobles of Edward III from Abridge, 14th century£450
- James Paul Andre
Sketches in Essex, 1830
Album of watercolours; 17.5 x 26.1 cm (each)£2,500
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
- Annular brooch from Winwick, 15th century
Gold; 2.24 cm (diameter)£2,750
Warwick, WarwickshireCounty Record Office
- Willes of Newbold Comyn family and estate archive, 12th-20th centuries£20,000
- Waller of Woodcote family and estate archive, 12th-20th centuries £35,000
WolverhamptonArtGallery & Museums
- George Warner Allen
The Rubbish Dump altar piece for St George’sChurch,
Wolverhampton, 1955
Oil on canvas; 182.9 x 121.9 cm£8,000
Total £981,824