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Plymouth City Council: Council House

Plymouth City Council: Council House

The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)

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Public building in Devon

19 artworks

Part of The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)

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Plymouth City Council: The Box takes responsibility for the City’s civic collections housed in the Civic Centre, Council House and Plymouth Guildhall, and administers private loans to the city as well as lending museum collection items to the sites. The collections are largely made up of paintings with a local relevance for the city from works by local artists such as William Payne and Benjamin Robert Haydon to local topographical scenes such as harbour views of Devon and Cornish landscapes. In addition, many works have been donated to the collection and depict Plymouth’s twinned towns of Gdynia (Poland), Brest (France) and Novorossiysk (Russia).

Plymouth, Devon PL1 2AA England

lordmayor@plymouth.gov.uk

01752 304858

Viewing of the collection is by appointment only and admission discretionary. Visits can be arranged by contacting the Lord Mayor’s office on 01752 304858 or at lordmayor@plymouth.gov.uk

http://www.plymouth.gov.uk

Artworks

  • View of a Harbour
    View of a Harbour Grair Gavrilovich Arakelyan (1922–2004)
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • Unknown Man, Aged 74 in 1596 (possibly J. Southcote)
    Unknown Man, Aged 74 in 1596 (possibly J. Southcote) unknown artist
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • Gdynia Port: Looking from Kamienna Gora
    Gdynia Port: Looking from Kamienna Gora David John Folley (b.1960)
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • View of a Harbour
    View of a Harbour unknown artist
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596)
    Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596) unknown artist
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • A View of Gdynia
    A View of Gdynia Henoch Barczyński (1896–1941) (attributed to)
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • Landscape
    Landscape unknown artist
    Plymouth City Council: Council House
  • 12 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives) has another 728 artworks

Artists

  • Sea Orb I
    Clifford Fishwick (1923–1997)
  • John E. Anderson, Principal of the College of Saint Mark and Saint John (1973–1995)
    David John Folley (b.1960)
  • Ancient Land I
    Margo Maeckelberghe (1932–2014)
  • Untitled
    Michael Finn (1921–2002)
  • Pierre Péron (1905–1998)
  • Frank Middleditch
  • B. F.
  • Vincent Wilson (b.1933)
  • Hilary Goddard (b.1935)
  • Jack Pickup (1909–1979)
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