13397179886?profile=RESIZE_400xIn 2023 the Janette Rosing English photography collection was allocated to Historical England under the government's Acceptance in Lieu scheme. During the same year a collection of material relating to Julia Margaret Cameron was also hnadled by the reviewing committee and transferred to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester. 

The 2024 report notes: A collection of 18 Modern British works, a group of eight prints and a book of photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–79) was a pioneering female photographer in the 19th century and was particularly notable for her soft-focus close-up portraits of eminent Victorians. She only took up photography at the age of 48 after her daughter gave her a camera as a present.

The Hewat volume of eight albumen prints gives an indication of the range of Cameron’s subject matter and includes a portrait of the early photographer, mathematician and astronomer Sir John Herschel (1792–1871), as well as Pre-Raphaelite-inspired images of a number of Cameron’s friends. The collection of 20th-century British art put together by Anne (a direct descendant of Julia Margaret Cameron) and Angus Hewat focuses on such significant artists as the brothers Paul (1889–1946) and John Nash (1893–1977), Eileen Agar (1899–1991), Graham Sutherland (1903– 80), John Craxton (1922–2009) and the pioneering printmaker Cyril Power (1872–1951).

It will make a welcome addition to Pallant House’s outstanding holdings of this period. The Hewats were long-standing supporters of the Gallery and had assisted with the acquisition of the New Wing site which made possible the 2006 capital development of Pallant House.

The Panel considered the collection, accepted from the estate of Anne and Angus Hewat, pre-eminent under the first, second and third criteria. It has been permanently allocated to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, in accordance with the condition attached to its offer.

The tax value was £316,890. 

The government's Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) Scheme and Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) enable UK museums, galleries, libraries and archives to acquire significant objects, in most cases at no cost to themselves. Managed by the Arts Council of England the 2023 report has just been published and there are two entries of particular interest to BPH readers. All applications and need to meet the Waverley pre-eminence criteria which is used in assessing objects offered under both schemes:

  1. Does the object have an especially close association with our history and national life?
  2. Is the object of especial artistic or art-historical interest?
  3. Is the object of especial importance for the study of some particular form of art, learning or history?
  4. Does the object have an especially close association with a particular historic setting?

See: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-arts-museums-and-libraries/supporting-collections-and-cultural-property/acceptance-lieu/cultural-gifts-scheme-and-acceptance-lieu-annual-report-202324

Image: The Angel at the Tomb (Portrait of Mary Ann Hillier) by Julia Margaret Cameron. Photo: Courtesy Pallant House Gallery

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    5. Does the chosen site to be gifted the collection have the facilities, storage, atmospherics and lighting, etc,

    onsite that will appropriately conserve the collection? smile

    • Yes, that would be part of the allocation process, assessing suitability. Both Historic England and Pallant House Gallery have appropriate environmental conditions for collection storage and public access/display.

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