Projects

Acquisition of painting 'St Sebastian succoured by two angels' by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, know

Acquisition of 20.9 hectares of land for management as a nature reserve, part of which is unimproved

Acquisition of missing volume in series of annual costing books of James Dixon and Sons, on of Sheff

Acquisition of papers and other items relating to explorer Captain Charles Weddell (1787-1834)

Portrait of Margaret Layton (1579?-1641) the daughter of Sir Hugh Brown, a rich London vintner.

Acquisition of silver-gilt dish by P Harache I with London hallmark.

Acquisition of portrait of Wadham Pigott (1750-1823) by Thomas Gaimsborough.

Acquisition of year-going clock by Thomas Tompion, 1676, case, movement and dial: 3120 x 645 x 295 m

Acquisition of painting by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) circa 1784-6, oil on canvas.