Projects

Acqusition at auction of a bronze figurine, 4.5 ins high, found by a farmer at North Bradley, Wiltsh

Acquisition of nine typescript letters (signed) from Basil Bunting to Margaret De Silver, his patron

Repair of Grade 1 18th century Palladian villa by Robert Taylor, built for the Wedgwood family

Acquisition of Devichoys Wood (40 acres) part of the large woodland complex known as Perran Woods.

Acquisition of 6.7ha (16.5a) of valley fen supporting two mire communities on the wetter parts, with

Acquisition of a late Elizabethan table carpet that had been on loan to the museum since 1976.

Acquisition of portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by the American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820).

Acquisition of one of the greatest Dutch landscapes in Britain, Aelbert Cuyp's River Landscape with

Acquisition of painting, A Boy Blowing on Charcoal by Schlacken.

Acquisition of Morgan's Hill, c 12.5ha, which is a SSSI and consists of gently sloping downland scar