Date:1793
Description:
Unknown artist
James Bisset, 1793
Oil on canvas
740mm x 615mm
James Bisset (1761 - 1832) was one of the key figures in the development of Leamington as a spa town. He was born in Scotland but moved to Leamington in 1812 where he established a library, newsroom, museum and picture gallery on Clemens Street. In 1819 he built a new museum on the High Street where he housed his Collection of Curiosities. Bisset also promoted the town through verse and in his Descriptive Guide of Leamington Priors, 1814.
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Jan Josephsz van Goyen (after) Landscape with Bridge, 1600-1900 Oil on panel 158mm ...
Anthony van Dyck (after) (1599-1641) Untitled, 1621 - 1700 Oil on canvas 1130mm ...
Studio of Jan van Kessel I Basket of Flowers, 1650-1675 Oil on copper 164mm x 216mm ...
Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (After) (1589-1662) Cavalcade of the Princes of Nassau, ...
Godfried Schalcken (1643 - 13th November 1706) Self Portrait by Candlelight, 1695 ...
Jan Baptist Morel (attributed to) Garland of Flowers, 1720-1730 Oil on canvas 435mm ...
Richard Houston Samuel Greatheed, 1770 Ink on paper engraving 320mm x 220mm The ...
C. Richard Portrait of Mrs Bisset, 1798 Oil on canvas 740mm x 630mm A portrait of ...
Unknown artist Mrs Hopton, 1818 Watercolour on paper 75mm x 55mm A silhouette portrait ...
Thomas Baker (1808-1864) At Snitterfield, Warwickshire, 1838 Oil on canvas 750mm ...
Edwin Toovey (1826-1906) Untitled, 1859 Watercolour on paper 275mm x 446mm A country ...
Elizabeth Whitehead (1854-1934) Harvest Scene, 1879 Oil on canvas 480mm x 740mm ...
Edwin Toovey (1826-1906) Warwickshire Village, 2nd October 1899 Watercolour on paper ...
Paul Nash (1889-1946) Summer Rain, 1919 Watercolour and pencil on paper 485mm x ...
Leon Underwood (1890-1975)Thatch Farm, Harbury Watercolour on paper. 290mm x 390mm. ...
Fred W R Roots (fl. 1958-1961) John Bromwich's Cows, 1959 Oil on canvas 350mm x ...
Patrick Caulfield (born 1936) Cream Glazed Pot, 1979 Gouache on card 850mm x 650mm ...
Damien Hirst (born 1965) The Last Supper: Beans and Chips, 1999 Screenprint on paper ...
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Donor ref: LEAMG : A829.1992 (64/24428)
Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
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