Monday, 3 June 2013

2013-06-03 Shipley Art Gallery

The Shipley Art Gallery only came to Gateshead because Newcastle rejected the original bequest. Shipley had left his huge art collection and £30,000 to build a home for it to Newcastle even though he was born in Gateshead and leased Saltwell Towers in the park for many years:




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