Elizabethan Table Carpet
Acquisition of a late Elizabethan table carpet that had been on loan to the museum since 1976.
Projects
Boy Blowing on Charcoal by Schalcken
Acquisition of painting, A Boy Blowing on Charcoal by Schlacken.
Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by Benjamin West
Acquisition of portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by the American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820).
Landford Bog, Wiltshire
Acquisition of 6.7ha (16.5a) of valley fen supporting two mire communities on the wetter parts, with
Devichoys Wood, Cornwall
Acquisition of Devichoys Wood (40 acres) part of the large woodland complex known as Perran Woods.
River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants by Cuyp
Acquisition of one of the greatest Dutch landscapes in Britain, Aelbert Cuyp's River Landscape with
Henry Moore Maquettes
Acquisition of eight plaster maquettes modelled in 1954 by the sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) for
Portrait of Francis Schutz in his Bed by Hogarth
Painting by William Hogarth (1697-1764) of Francis Matthew Schultz in his bed c.
Morgan's Hill, Wiltshire
Acquisition of Morgan's Hill, c 12.5ha, which is a SSSI and consists of gently sloping downland scar