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Osborne House, East Cowes

East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6JY (map)
Telephone: 01983 200022

See also: South England

Background information
The sea-side retreat of Queen Victoria and her family. Little changed since the 19th century. Set in landscaped gardens and overlooking The Solent, with a children's museum and Swiss Cottage in the grounds.


General information
Facilities: Cafe, Shop, Parking, Disabled Access, Tours, Picnic Area
Admission: 10.00-5.00 Daily; Adult £6.00, Child £3.00, Concessions £4.50
How to find us: In East Cowes. No. 4 East Cowes to Ryde or No. 5 Newport to East Cowes. Southampton - link with Red Funnel Crossings

Particularly interesting for Americana   Biographical Memorabilia   Notable Buildings   Ceramics   Drawings and Watercolours   Ethnography   Furniture and Woodwork   Gardens   Glass   Ivories   Maritime Art   Natural History   Oriental Arts and Crafts   Paintings   Photography   Sculpture   Silver  


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Highlights of the Collection

Becker, August The Vallery of Braemar

Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar Noble

Burton Barber, Charles John Brown and Dogs

Dyce, William Neptune resigning the Empire of the Seas to Britannia

Dyce, William Old Joseph ; Old Joseph

Dyce, William Virgin and Child ; Virgin and Child

Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock The Good Samaritan

Frost, William E. l'Allegro Euphrosyne

Gibson, John Queen Victoria

Horsley, John Callcott Allegro ed il Penserosa

Landseer, Sir Edwin Osborne, 1865 or 'Sorrow'

McDowell, Patrick La Penserosa

Rausch, Christian D. Victory

Richards, Emma Gaggiotti Self Portrait

Roberts, David View in Cairo

Swoboda, Rudolph Munshi Hariz Adbul Karim

Swoboda, Rudolph Peep at the Train ; Peep at the Train

Theed, William Prince Albert

Thornycroft, Mary The Four Seasons

Townshend, Henry J. Ariel

Waldmüller, Ferdinand Georg The Grandmother's Birthday

Winterhalter, Franz X. The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh

Wittmer, M.M. Raphael sketching a peasant in the character of the Madonna


Other artists represented in the Collection

Boehm, Sir Joseph Edgar

Burton Barber, Charles

Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock

Gibson, John

Swoboda, Rudolph

Theed, William

Thornycroft, Mary

Winterhalter, Franz X.


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