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French drawings.(Report from Europe)(Theatres of Life: Drawings from the Rothschild Collection)(Brief article)
Two major British collections of the French arts were formed in the nineteenth century. One was that of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who built Wad-desdon Manor near Aylesbury in the French style to house his treasures. The other was assembled by the first four marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace (son of the last marquess), whose house in central London is now the Wallace Collection.
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The two organizations have joined forces for an exhibition called Theatres of Life: Drawings from the Rothschild Collection, which is on view at the Wallace ...
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