Devon

November 2012

This catalogue contains some 2,000 full colour images within 364 pages. The dimensions are 29.5 x 23.5 cm and the catalogues typically weigh between 1.8 - 2.8 kg.

This catalogue brings together some 2,000 oil paintings from over 80 collections in Devon. The single largest collection is that of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, yet Devon boasts many other significant holdings. These include the very fine collections of the Britannia Royal Naval College, the Burton Art Gallery and Museum and the Met Office. A particular highlight is the collection of paintings held at Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, representing the single most important collection of fairground art in the country. Other smaller, but no less significant collections range from libraries, schools and volunteer-run museums, to an almshouse and a Polish veterans' home.

Collections included

Allhallows Museum; Anglo-Polish Organisation; Appledore Library; Ashburton & Buckfastleigh Community Hospital; Axminster Guildhall; Axminster Heritage; Axminster Hospital; Axminster Museum; Ball Clay Heritage Society; Barnstaple Town Council; Bicton College; Bideford Library; Bideford Town Council; Bovey Tracey Heritage Trust; Braunton and District Museum; Britannia Royal Naval College; Buckfastleigh Town Hall; Budleigh Salterton Town Council; Burton Art Gallery and Museum; Cookworthy Museum; Crediton Area History and Museum Society; Dartmoor Prison Museum; Dartmouth and Kingswear Hospital; Dartmouth Guildhall; Dartmouth Museum; Dawlish Community Hospital; Dawlish Museum Society; Dawlish Town Council; Dean and Chapter, Exeter Cathedral; Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service; Devon County Council; Devon Record Office; Exeter Guildhall; Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education; Exmouth Library; Exmouth Museum; Exmouth Town Council; Fairlynch Museum; Great Torrington Almshouse, Town Lands and Poors Charities; Great Torrington Heritage Museum and Archive; Holsworthy Museum; Honiton Hospital; Honiton Library; Honiton Town Council; Ilford Park Polish Home; Ilfracombe Museum; Ilfracombe Town Council; Kingsbridge Town Council; Larkbeare House; Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council; Moretonhampstead Hospital; Moretonhampstead Library; Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon; Museum of Dartmoor Life, Okehampton; Newton Abbot Town & GWR Museum; Newton Abbot Town Council; North Devon Athenaeum; North Devon Council; North Devon Maritime Museum; Okehampton Town Council; Ottery St Mary Hospital; Penrose Almshouses; Royal Albert Memorial Museum; Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital; Salcombe Maritime Museum; Seaton Hospital; Sidmouth Museum; Sidmouth Victoria Hospital; Tavistock Subscription Library; Tavistock Town Hall; Teignbridge District Council; Teignmouth & Shaldon Museum: Teign Heritage; Teignmouth Town Council; The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Charitable Trust; The Fairground Heritage Trust; The Met Office; The Palace, Exeter; Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life; Tiverton Town Hall; Topsham Museum; Totnes Elizabethan House Museum; Totnes Guildhall; Totnes Hospital; University of Exeter, Fine Art Collection; Wonford House Hospital