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