Henry Vaughan: a reclusive collector of art

In 1899, at the age of 90 unmarried and with no children, Henry Vaughan bequeathed one of the biggest private collections of art to several major British public institutions. What isn’t common knowledge was that before this bequest was made, Henry Vaughan donated his father‘s small collection of ethnographic artefacts to the Albert Memorial Museum when it opened its doors to the public in 1868. In the last four decades, this collection has received much academic attention because of its connection to the second and third voyages of Captain Cook. The display tells the story of Henry Vaughan and the journey of those objects from the exotic South Sea Islands to Exeter. Part of Discovering Worlds project funded by the Designation Development Fund exploring Exeter’s historic Pacific collections and also the histories of lesser known donors.

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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//sw000088?id=EVENT513081