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The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection is situated in Manchester Square, a few hundred yards from the hectic bustle of Oxford Street. 
It displays a world-renowned range of fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries, arranged within 25 galleries. Curiously overlooked by many visitors, possibly because it's so rarely flagged for attention. Well worth the time to investigate, however - its intimacy could well propel it into your own personal-favourites list.
The collection numbers nearly 5,500 objects and is best known for its quality and breadth of eighteenth-century French paintings, Sèvres porcelain and French furniture.
The Wallace Collection also displays many other treasures, such as two paintings by Titian, four Rembrandts, three Rubenses, four Van Dycks, twenty-two Canalettos, nineteen Bouchers, masterpieces by Hooch, nine Teniers, Frans Hals, nine Murillos, two Velázquezes and paintings by Domenichino, Cima, Daddi, Reni, Rosa, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Antoine Watteau, Nicholas Lancret, Jan Steen, Aelbert Cuyp and nine Guardis.
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It displays a world-renowned range of fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries, arranged within 25 galleries. Curiously overlooked by many visitors, possibly because it's so rarely flagged for attention. Well worth the time to investigate, however - its intimacy could well propel it into your own personal-favourites list.Formation
The collection was bequeathed to Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890) -the illegitimate son of Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870). It was then passed to the nation, upon death, by his widow. The museum opened to the public in 1900 in Hertford House, Manchester Square, and remains in this stunning building, to this day. A condition of the bequest was that no object ever leave the collection, even for loan exhibitions. Meaning, the only possibility of seeing these globally important works, is to visit.The collection numbers nearly 5,500 objects and is best known for its quality and breadth of eighteenth-century French paintings, Sèvres porcelain and French furniture.
The Wallace Collection also displays many other treasures, such as two paintings by Titian, four Rembrandts, three Rubenses, four Van Dycks, twenty-two Canalettos, nineteen Bouchers, masterpieces by Hooch, nine Teniers, Frans Hals, nine Murillos, two Velázquezes and paintings by Domenichino, Cima, Daddi, Reni, Rosa, Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds, Antoine Watteau, Nicholas Lancret, Jan Steen, Aelbert Cuyp and nine Guardis.
Furniture
The Wallace Collection holds one of the most important collections of French furniture in the world. Totalling more than five hundred pieces, the collection consists largely of 
eighteenth-century French furniture but also includes some significant pieces from the nineteenth century too. One highlight is the furniture attributed to André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732), perhaps the best-known cabinet-maker, to have lived.
The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
Bond Street Tube.
Call: +44 (0)207 563 9500
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