Built over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, The Wallace Collection is an internationally outstanding collection which contains unsurpassed masterpieces of paintings, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour and porcelain. To ensure that the collection would be kept together it was gifted to Britain in 1897, this is because it is considered to be one of the most celebrated collections in the world as well as one of the finest.
The surprising endowment is considered to be one of the greatest gifts for collections of art to ever be transferred out of private ownership and into the public domain.
When you are planning your next stay at Mercure London Paddington be sure to explore The Wallace Collection, a spectacular and insightful tourist destination for anyone interested in the world of art.
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