Gallery II
Merton had an interest in collecting art from an early age. Most of his collection focused on work by major contemporary British artists, including Edwin Long, John Brett and William Etty. In addition to some notable Pre-Raphaelite paintings, the Russell-Cotes art collection reflects the popular themes of the time such as portraits, animals, children, landscapes and history paintings. Whilst he clearly favoured works associated with the establishment, particularly the Royal Academy, he also collected a surprisingly large number of paintings by pioneering female artists. Artwork currently on display in Gallery II. Click on an artwork to find out more.
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Cornish Holiday
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Lady with a Mantilla
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The Fisherman
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The Moorish Proselytes of Archbishop Ximenes, Granada, 1500
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Memories
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Duck Shooting: The Punt Gunner
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Lewis Waller as Monsieur Beaucaire
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Painter and Model
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Sunlight Nude
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Phryne
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Christmas Morning 1866
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Venus
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The Princes Sleeping in the Tower
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George Bernard Shaw
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Gypsy Horse Drovers
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Classical Bust of a Male
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Midsummer
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La Siréne or The Siren
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Melusine
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The Thames Embankment, London
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Dod Shaw (Later Mrs Dod Procter, 1881-1972) on Patrick
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Saint Francis of Assisi
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The Dancing Faun
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Aurora Triumphans
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Jezebel
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Benedicite Domino Laudate Et Superexaltate Eum In Saecula