Bridgwaters Gems

Your Paintings: Bridgwater's gems

The painting is hung at the altar of St Mary's church in Bridgwater

 

As part of an online campaign, the BBC - in partnership with The Public Catalogue Foundation and collections across the UK - is launching the groundbreaking Your Paintings website.

The project tells the story of some of the 200,000 publicly-owned oil paintings which are not on display in England's museums and art galleries.

The Your Paintings website was launched on Thursday to make all these artworks accessible by the public.
In Somerset, collections are either stored at the Somerset Heritage Centre or can be seen in public buildings, such as town halls or churches, but are often overlooked.



Read the full story here.

There is an old postcard of the painting.  Not sure of the date but on the back it refers to  Murillo.






























The photographer is mentioned as a subscriber in 'The Ancient Borough of Bridgwater in the County of Somerset'  (1907) by the Rev.  Arthur Herbert Powel. M.A.,  LL. D.


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