§ 46. Mr. BurnsTo ask the Minister for the Arts what progress the national heritage memorial fund has made in saving major works of arts for the nation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LuceLord Charteris and the trustees of the NHMF are to be congratulated on an outstanding record of achievement to date. The trustees have chosen carefully among the hundreds of applications for assistance. I commend their annual reports to my hon. Friend for the descriptions of the wide range of land, buildings, artefacts and works of art saved for the nation with contributions from the fund. I have every confidence in their continuing success. The table illustrates the major works of art which have been saved with NHMF assistance.
Some of the works of art obtained with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Poussin "The Finding of Moses"
National Gallery/National Museum of Wales
Gainsborough portrait of Captain Wade
Bath City Council
Rysbrack bust of Shakespeare
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
The Portland Font
British Museum
Renoir's "La Place Clichy"
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Bernini bust of Cardinal dal Pozzo
National Galleries of Scotland
Portrait of Captain Cook
National Maritime Museum
Beechey Portrait of Nelson
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Rembrandt's "View on the Amstel"
British Museum
Rysbrack bust of Alexander Pope
National Portrait Gallery
Tillemans' "Battle of Glenshiel"
National Portrait Gallery of Scotland
Turner watercolour "Gibside"
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Bellotto "View of the Castle Konigstein"
Manchester City Art Gallery
Terbrugghen "The Concert"
National Gallery
Spencer Frederick Gore "Balcony at the Alhambra"
York City Art Gallery
Turner "Caerlaverock Castle"
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Two Venetian scenes by Canaletto
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Francis Danby "Sunset at Sea after a Storm"
City of Bristol Art Gallery
Two Gainsborough landscapes
Ipswich Museum and Art Gallery
Two paintings by John E. Ferneley Snr.
Leicester Museums and Art Galleries
Picasso's "Weeping Woman"
Tate Gallery
Poussin "The Triumph of Pan"
National Gallery
Watercolours of Stowe by C. Nattes
Buckinghamshire County Museum
Poussin "The Ashes of Phocium"
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Hogarth "The Wedding Dance"
Tate Gallery
Bellotto "A View of Verona"
National Trust, Powis Castle
Constable "The Opening of Waterloo Bridge"
Tate Gallery