Bath, NE Somerset - Holburne Museum - postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Holburne Museum, Bath
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The Holburne Museum of Art (formerly known as the Holburne of Menstrie Museum) is in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Sydney Place, in the Bathwick area of Bath, Somerset, England. The Grade I listed building closes off the vista down Great Pulteney Street from Pulteney Bridge.^[1] Admission is free, though the temporary exhibitions held throughout the year may not be.

The building was designed by Charles Harcourt Masters and built in Bath stone in 1795–6 to be the Sydney Hotel - a social gathering place rather than a residential hotel in the modern sense. During the course of the nineteenth century the building went through a number of changes of use, as well as structural alterations, until in the early years of this century (1913–16) it was converted by the architect Sir Reginald Blomfield to become the present home of the Holburne Museum. An extension in contemporary style has recently been added.

The collection has a strong selection of English 18th century portraits, including five by Thomas Gainsborough, who spent 16 years working in Bath before moving to London. There are several, some by Johann Zoffany, with theatrical connections, including scenes recording moments from plays. The collection was based on that of Sir (Thomas) William Holburne, (1793–1874), and his family, and numbered about 4,000 objects by the time it was bequeathed to the people of Bath by his sister in 1882. It was first opened to the public in 1893, since when a further 2,500 objects have been added to the collection,^[2] which includes silver, Old Master paintings, Italian bronzes such as the Susini once owned by king Louis XIV, maiolica, porcelain, glass, furniture and portrait miniatures. These have been added to with examples of landscapes by Francesco Guardi and J. M. W. Turner, and portraits by George Stubbs, Allan Ramsay, George Romney and others. The museum also owns portraits by modern artists such as David Fisher, who won the Museum's 2008 competition for a commissioned portrait.^[3]

The Holburne is the official museum of the University of Bath,^[4] though it has also engaged in collaboration with nearby University of Bristol.

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county/ country=somerset

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period=1945 - present

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