Showing Oil Paintings In Public Ownership in Lancashire by The Public Catalogue Foundation

This catalogue includes some 3,200 oil paintings held in Blackpool, Blackburn and Darwen, as well as the cities of Lancaster and Preston. Lancashire's extensive art collection was primarily born from the proceeds of its industrial past, and the philanthropy of local industrialists. It therefore tells the story of Lancashire life, its people and various industries. Paintings by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Lucian Freud, Maggi Hambling, Dame Laura Knight, Sir Thomas Lawrence, George Romney, John Virtue and Johann Zoffany are among the works reproduced from 30 collections.