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About
the Cecil French Bequest Web Gallery
The
Cecil French Bequest is a collection of fifty-three pictures
by late 19thc and early 20th century British artists that
was presented to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham (now incorporated
in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) in the early
1950s.
The
web gallery of the Cecil French Bequest is based on the catalogue
written in 1997 by the late David Rodgers. David Rodgers hoped
to be able to check and if necessary amend the catalogue before
it was published online, but his untimely death prevented
this. Comments on the gallery and suggested amendments would
be welcomed.
A
PDF file of the catalogue is available for download (150k)
The
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art generously made
grants towards the cataloguing and professional photography
of the Bequest, and their assistance is gratefully acknowledged.
This
website was designed and created by the Hammersmith &
Fulham council online
information team.
Several
of the pictures from the Bequest are on display at Leighton
House Art Gallery and Museum, 12 Holland Park Road, London
W14 8LZ (tel: 020 7602 3316), which is open to the public.
The remainder can be seen at Leighton House by appointment;
please contact the Curator at least a week before you wish
to see the pictures. All other enquiries, and requests for
reproductions of the pictures either in photographic or other
formats, should be made to:
The
Borough Archivist
Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre
The Lilla Huset
191 Talgarth Road
London
W6 8BJ
Tel: 020 8741 5159
Fax: 020 8741 4882
Email: archives@lbhf.gov.uk
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