MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund
GRANTS 2009/10
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Collections
 Anne Desmet
Group of 11 prints, 1990-2008
Wood engravings (4), linocuts (5) , collages (2);
7.5 x 10.8 cm to 40.5 x 61 cm (range)
£3,500
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire County Museum
 Hoard of Iron Age coins from South Winslow
£6,500
Barnard Castle, The Bowes Museum
 Madeleine Vionnet
Three evening dresses,1929-38
Embroidered silk
Bath and North East Somerset Heritage Services
 Peter Lanyon
Corsham Towers, 1951
Oil on board; 80 x 22.2 cm
 Madeleine Vionnet
Two evening dresses, 1934 and 1938
Embroidered silk and cotton
Bath, Holburne Museum of Art
 William Hoare
Portrait of the Pitt family of Encombe, c.1758-61
Oil on canvas; 118 x 140 cm
£21,000
£17,500
£50,000
£13,500
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire Museum Service
 Sir Francis Grant
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Walker Pease of Hesselwood,
c.1874
oil on canvas; 213.4x 127 cm
£2,500
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
 Table owned by Joseph Priestley, c.1790
Inlaid mahogany; 92 x 45.5 x 73 cm
 William Banks Fortescue
The Village Green at King's Norton, c.1885
Oil on canvas; 68.5 x 51 cm
£1,500
£3,000
Bishop’s Stortford Museum
 John Tweed
Statuette of Cecil Rhodes, c.1925
Bronze; h 24.8
£507
Bradford-on-Avon Museum
 Jean Claude Nattes
Two topographical views, 1805
Aquatint; 25.4 x 34.3 cm (each)
£350
Brighton Art Gallery, Museums & Royal Pavilion
 Collection of 235 caricatures of George IV and his circle, 1784-1832
£15,000
Bristol’s Museums, Galleries and Archives
 Model of the façade of Ashton Court, c.1830
Paper; 46 x 65 x 12 cm
£1,500
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery
 Sir Hubert von Herkomer
Portrait of Edward Onslow Ford, 1895
Watercolour; 18 x 12 cm
£2,375
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Archives
 Papers of Sir Miles Sandys relating to the draining of the Fens,
17th-early 18th centuries
£23,375
Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
 Mathais Kauage
Biting the Doctor’s Arm, 1990
Acrylic on canvas; 175 x 125 cm
£10,000
Canterbury City Museums
 Celtic mirror and 2 Iron Age brooches
Sheet and cast alloy copper; mirror l 18.8 cm
£17,500
 Michael Dahl
Portrait of Admiral Sir George Rooke, 1690-99
Oil on canvas; 119.4 x 96.5 cm
£4,000
 Alfred Gomersal Vickers
A Capriccio View of the Remains of the Ancient Registry at
Canterbury, 1831
Watercolour; 25 x 30 cm
£400
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire Archive Service
 Aberglasne estate archive, 1640-1875
Chelmsford Museums
 Frederick Brown
Peasant Fare, 1883
Oil on canvas; 61 x 46 cm
 Paul Rumsey
Museum Head, 2009
Charcoal; 102 x 65 cm
Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
 May Morris
Panel designed for Morris and Company, c.1890-95
Silk embroidery on linen; 58.4 x 48.3 cm
Cheltenham, The Holst Birthplace Museum
 Sir William Rothenstein
Portrait of Gustav Holst, 1921
Pencil; 40 x 35 cm
Chester, Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
£5,000
£6,250
£1,350
£750
£2,250
 Collection of deeds relating to the Mascy family of Rixton and
Glazebrook,
13th-17th centuries
£1,805
 W H Hutchings
Collection of drawings made whilst with the 2nd/1st West Lancashire
Field Ambulance, 55th Division BEF, 1914-18
15 x 12 cm to 25.5 x 18 cm (range)
£1,250
Chester, Grosvenor Museum
 Andrew Tift
Commissioned portrait of Alan Garner, 2010
Oil on canvas; 76.2 x 81 cm
£3,375
Chichester District Museum
 Roman coin hoard from Petworth
£1,000
Cirencester, Cotswold Museums and Arts Service
 Anglo-Saxon penny of Alfred, from Coberley
£500
Derby Museums and Art Gallery
 Roman coin of the Emperor Carausius, from Ashbourne, AD 290 £10,000
Devizes, Wiltshire Heritage Museum
 Diary of a German prisoner at Devizes Camp, 1944-6
£450
Doncaster Archives and Local Studies
 Estate papers of the Fountayne, later Montagu, family of Melton Hall,
1231-1927
£3,000
Dorchester, Dorset County Museum
 Finger ring from Cerne Abbas, 15th century
£365
Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum
 Mahrous Abdou
Fields and Village on the Nile, 2009
Wool tapestry; 290 x 180 cm
£1,575
Falmouth Art Gallery
 John Singer Sargent
Portrait of Charles Napier Hemy, 1905
Oil on canvas; 67.3 x 51.8 cm
£20,000
Gloucester, Nature in Art
 Basima Mohamed
Spring Flowers, 2008
Wool tapestry; 150 x 173 cm
£1,190
Goole, Yorkshire Waterways Museum
 Reuben Chappell
Humber Keel John and Mary of Stainforth, c.1900
oil on canvas; 51 x 76 cm
£1,464
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
 Frank Henry Mason
Group of sketchbooks, early 20th century
Pencil and watercolour; 12.6 x 8.3 cm to 18.7 x 13.4 cm (range)
£1,400
Haworth, Brontë Parsonage Museum
 Charlotte Brontë
Portrait drawing of Zenobia, Marchioness Ellrington, 15 October 1833
Pencil; 9 x 7.9 cm
£5,500
 Charlotte Bronte
Autograph manuscript of two poems, Found in the Inn Belonging to You
and Addressed to the Tower of All Nation, 1829
£20,224
Horsham Museum
 John Claude Nattes
Topographical view, 1790s
Watercolour; 25.4 x 35.6 cm
£1,000
Huddersfield, Kirklees Library and Museum Service
 Mary Martin
Permutation of Five, 1967
Stainless steel and painted wood on Formica; 49 x 49 x 10 cm£9,750
Hull City Museums and Art Galleries
 Stanley Starr
Study (portrait of unidentified sitter) , 1882 or 1887
Oil on canvas; 91.5 x 56 cm
£18,000
Ipswich Museums and Art Gallery
 Valerie Irwin
Collection of 39 drawings depicting the demolition of Cranfield’s
Mill,
2 October 2005 – 15 January 2006
charcoal; 42 x 60 cm (each)
£725
Kingston-upon-Thames, Kingston University Library
 Iris Murdoch
Collection of 173 letters and postcards to Raymond Queneau,
28 February 1946 to 27 November 1975
£25,000
Lancaster City Museum
 George Romney; unknown artist
Portraits of Abraham Rawlinson and Ellenor Rawlinson, 1772
Oil on canvas; 76 x 63.5 cm (each)
£2,500
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
 Simeon Solomon
Head of Christ, 1891
Oil on board; 45.7 x 35.5
Leeds Museums and Galleries
 Veronica Ryan
Group of 4 works:
Untitled, 1996
Pink Cube Drawing, 1996-97
Untitled, 2001
In Progress Proposal, 2007
Mixed media; 18.42 x 13.3 to 80 x 43.2 cm (range)
£1,500
£1,500
£2,500
 Pair of ice pails and covers, c.1790-95
Derby porcelain; h 24 cm
£1,495
 Pair of vases and stands, c.1810
Derby porcelain; 19 cm
£747
 Dress a la Francaise, 1760-70
Silk brocade; l 128 cm
£1,000
 Leonard McComb
Head of a Young Man, 1959-60
Plaster and wire armature; 30 x 18 x 20 cm
£1,750
 Chinoiserie wallpaper panel, late 18th century
watercolour and gouache; 65 x 93 cm
£1,750
 Colin Self , with Mathies Schwarz
Two works, 1972:
Bowl on Clay
Stoneware; 7 x 20 x 12 cm
Bowl on Fist
Stoneware; 16.5 x 18.5 cm
£1,000
 Dessert dish, c.1780
Worcester porcelain; 25.4 x 17.8 cm
£600
 Pair of ewers by Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill, 1776
Silver; h 38 cm (each)
£36,000
 Jonathan Owen
Two untitled works on paper, 2008
30 x 21 and 40.5 x 33 cms
£935
Lewes, East Sussex Record Office
 Collection of letters to the manager of Brighton Aquarium from
prospective
performers, 1870-1890
£1,149
 Three volumes of maps and estate management notes for the Sheffield
Park Estate, 1820-c.1910
£950
 John Adams of Tenterden
Map of the estates of William Coleman, 1823
Ink; 121.9 x 91.4 cm
£500
 Henry Watson
Map of Awcocks, Coxes and The Mill Farms in Fletching, 1764
Ink; 104 x 76 cm
£356
 Separation agreement between Thomas Paine and his wife Elizabeth,
4 June 1773
£5,490
Lincoln, Lincolnshire Museums Service
 Selection of 80 prints from the Alber Collection, 20th century£7,675
London, Ben Uri Gallery
 Isaac Rosenberg
Self portrait in steel helmet, c.1906
Chalk and gouache on brown wrapping paper; 24 x 19 cm
London, Bexley Museums Service
 Elias Martin
View of Danson House, c.1768
Watercolour; 25 x 35 cm
£3,000
£947
London, Geffrye Museum
 Giles Grendey
Set of six ladder-back dining chairs, c.1750
Walnut
£3,951
London, Lambeth Palace Library
 Diurnal of Carthusian use, 15th century
£5,750
 Letterbook of Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury, c.1537-58
£3,575
London, Museum of London
 Armet Francis
Neil Kenlock
Charlie Phillips
Ninety photographs of London’s black community, 1960-1990
Modern prints; 30.5 x 40.6 cm
£6,000
(3 grants)
 Keith Coventry
Copper and Silk Portfolio, 2008
Suite of 20 etchings and silkscreens; 71.4 x 59.5 cm to 61 x 48.5 cm
(range)
£3,750
London, UCL Art Collections
 Edward Wadsworth
Portrait of Cuthbert Kelly, 1910
Oil on sacking, 60 x 50.8 cm
£4,000
Lymington, St Barbe Museum
 Laura Burrard
Buckland near Lymington, 1843-54
Watercolour; 22 x 13.5 cm
£275
 Burrard family member
Pair of views of Walhampton House and its orangery, mid 19th century
Watercolour; 29.5 x 22 cm (each)
£250
Lyndhurst, New Forest Centre Library
 Burrard family
Two albums of topographical views, 19th century
Watercolour; 30 x 20 cm (each drawing)
Maidstone Museums and Art Gallery
 Albert Goodwin
Youth is full of sport Age’s breath is short, 1877
Oil on canvas; 91.5 x 141.6 cm
 Hoard of 14 Iron Age coins from Westerham
Manchester City Galleries
 William Green
View of Wastwater, c.1810
Watercolour; 13.5 x 20 cm
 Elsa Schiaparelli
Jacket, 1936-7
Embroidered black wool
 Hubert de Givenchy
Evening gown worn by Audrey Hepburn, 1967
Linen and silk
£3,642
(two grants)
£2,700
£1,000
£600
£3,000
£2,100
Manchester University, John Rylands Library
 Group of 21 letters and fragments by, from or concerning Mrs ThralePiozzi,
1780-1820
£17,990
(9 grants)
Monmouth, Monmouthshire Museums Service
 John Varley
On the Wye, c.1805
Watercolour; 24.1 x 34.7 cm
£800
Nantwich Museum
 Benjamin Killingbeck
Mr Walsh's Perdita with jockey up, on Nantwich Racecourse ,1781
Oil on canvas; 61.6 x 74.9 cm
£3,750
Newark and Sherwood Museum Service
 Anglo-Saxon cross pendant from Newark
Gold and garnet; 2.85 x 2.54 cm
£4,000
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear Museums
 Victor Pasmore
Linear Motif in Black and White, c.1959-60
Painted plywood; 123 x 123 cm
£23,500
 Gareth Neal
Pair of Anne chairs, 2009
Oak; 121 x 60 x 70 cm
£3,500
 Felicity Aylieff
Lotus Flowers, 2006
Porcelain; h 225 cm; 56 cm diameter
£2,000
 Sara Brennan
Broken White Band with Mustard and Broken White Band with Green,
2009
Wool and cotton tapestry,; 100 x 100 cm (each)
£4,000
 Emma Woffenden
The Bellringer, 2006
Glass and rope; 310 x 360 x 60 cm
£1,000
Newport, Isle of Wight, Carisbrooke Castle Museum
 Victoria, Empress of Germany
Two views of the Isle of Wight, late 19th century
Watercolour; 25.4 x 16.5 (each)
£1,000
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
 Cabinet from Tredegar House, c.1720
Walnut; 47.5 x 124 x 29 cm
£24,360
Norwich, Norfolk Museums Service
 Dessert spoon, c.1649-83
Norwich silver; l 15.8 cm
 Anglo-Saxon sword scabbard boss from Griston
Gold and garnets; 3.6 cm diameter
Oldham, Gallery Oldham
£3,250
£3,000
 Gayle Chong Kwan
Core 1, 2007
£925
Photograph; 300 x 30 cm
 Qasim Riza Shaheen
In a World Where There are Five Women I am the Seventh, 2008
mixed media work; 5 dolls and 12 rings in boxes , dolls h 30 cm
£2,000
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
 Roman intaglio of Isis and Serapis, set in an 18th century ring
Carnelian; 2.2 cm diameter
£2,000
 Francisco Bayeu y Subías
Two studies for a nymph and a cherub, 1764 and 1769
Chalk; 29.2 x 30.1 and 24.1 x 30.6 cm
£7,019
Oxford, Bodleian Library
 Collection of books, manuscripts, maps and atlases from the library
of
Dr B E Juel-Jensen, 1485-1897
£30,000
Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum
 Four battle shields from Highland Papua New Guinea, 20th century
Painted wood, cane, metal and cassowary feathers;
160 x 55 cm to 160-x 60 cm (range)
£2,850
Penzance, Penlee House Gallery and Museum
 Collection of 435 topographical magic lantern and photographic
slides,
1850-1950
£1,608
(four grants)
 Frank Bramley
Eyes and No Eyes, 1887
Oil on canvas; 114.3 x 91.5 cm
£40,000
Plymouth City Museums and Art Gallery
 Richard Allman
Collection of 14 drawings illustrating the redevelopment of Plymouth,
2007-8
Ink; 59 x 41.2 cm (each)
£1,500
Rotherham, York and Lancaster Regimental Museum
 Cup presented to Colonel C J Stoddart on his retirement, 1902
Silver; h 47 cm
£1,265
Saffron Walden, Fry Art Gallery
 Edward Bawden
The Original Cheap Jack, 1954
Linocut; 51 x 59.7 cm
£2,250
Salisbury, Edwin Young Collection
 Keith Vaughan
Allegorical Landscape, 1945
Watercolour; 24 x 36 cm
£1,500
Salisbury, John Creasey Museum
 Paul Nash
Ghost in Shale, 1942
Watercolour; 34 x 57 cm
£7,500
Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
 Finger ring from Winterbourne, mid 16th-early 17th century£5,000
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire Museum
 Roman cup from Winterton
Enamelled copper alloy; 9.3 x 3.5 x 6.8 cm
£900
Shrewsbury, Shropshire Archives
 W Francis
Plan for the Dodmore estate, Stanton Lacy, 1835
Watercolour on parchment; 53.3 x 61 cm
£437
Skipton, The Craven Museum
 Hoard of 7 coins from East Marton, 1430-72
£1,100
Stockport Heritage Services
 Morris & Company
Five stained glass panels from Cheadle Royal Hospital Chapel, 190915
55
x 61 cm to 165 x 43 cm (range)
£28,000
Stroud, Museum in the Park
 Godfrey Glover
Cam Mills, 1944-47
Wool tapestry; 105.5 x 137 cm
Taunton, Somerset County Museum
 Payne and Son
Replica of the Alfred Jewel, 1901
Gold; l 6 cm
 Ernst Blensdorf
Family 1, 1959
Elm; h 92 cm
Worcester, Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry Museum
 Flintlock pistol issued to the Bromsgrove Troop of the
Worcestershire
Yeomanry, 1813-25
Wood, steel and brass; l 38.1 cm
£1,250
£3,000
£5,250
£400
York Museums
 William Etty
Preparing for a fancy dress ball (Charlotte and Mary Williams-Wynn),
1833
Oil on canvas; 150.8 x 128 cm
£35,000
York, Quilt Museum and Gallery
 Jo Budd
Dry Dock I (Pink Boat), 1988
Quilted textile; 189 x 292 cm
Total £725,521
£3,000