Portraits from The Burton’s Collection

This exhibition brings together some of the 25+ portraits including watercolours; oils and drawings from across The Burton's Permanent Collection. The earliest of which is an oil painting dating from the 1700s, depicting 'Mrs John Cleveland of Tapely' and attributed to Joshua Reynolds. Through to the gentle pencil drawings of Thomas Burton, drawn by his daughter Mary, to whom The Burton owes it's name and is in remembrance of. Over the years portraits have captured and recorded the sitter's status, beauty, trade, wealth. heritage and other qualities, many of the portraits in The Burton's collection tell a similar story.

Suitable for
Family friendly


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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/sw000019?id=EVENT540792