The Wallace Collection is a museum in Hertford House in Manchester Square.
The former townhouse of the Marquesses of Hertford, it is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along with the Marquesses of Hertford, in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
As one of Britain's preeminent cultural institutions, the Wallace Collection is home to one of the most significant ensembles of fine and decorative arts in the world.
Highlights include :
- oil paintings from the 14th to the late 19th Centuries by artists such as Titian, Velazquez, Rubens and Van Dyck
- princely arms and armour, and
- one of the finest collections of eighteenth-century French paintings and decorative arts.
Visitors can also see medieval and Renaissance objects, including Limoges enamel, maiolica, glass and bronzes.
Faithful and Fearless: Portraits of Dogs from Gainsborough to Hockney
A major exhibition of dog portraits, postponed due to the pandemic in 2020, will finally go on display at The Wallace Collection from 29 March to 15 October 2023.
Faithful and Fearless: Portraits of Dogs from Gainsborough to Hockney will explores the devotion to 'four-legged friends' across the centuries.
The exhibition will comprise paintings, sculptures, drawings, works of art and taxidermy.
The earliest example will be a first-century Roman marble sculpture of two greyhounds, on loan from the British Museum.
Another highlight will be a metalpoint drawing made in c. 1490–95 (National Galleries of Scotland) by Leonardo da Vinci, which focuses intently on a left forepaw, possibly that of a deerhound.
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