Barnard Castle, The Bowes Museum 1914
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The Bowes Museum was designed and purpose-built as a public art gallery by the French architect Jules Pellechet on the outskirts of the historic town of Barnard Castle. The grand French chateau-style museum opened in 1892. It originated in a private foundation created between 1862 and 1875 by John Bowes, illegitimate son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore, and his Parisian actress wife, Josephine. They wanted to house the vast collection of works of art they had amassed from all corners of Europe so that people from all walks of life could see and enjoy them, but unfortunately they died before their dream was realised.
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