Decision details

OD/22/12 Revised Museum Loan Gainsborough’s House

Decision Maker: Officer Decision

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Gainsborough’s House is currently undertaking a NLHF funded major redevelopment project which seeks to create a national centre for Gainsborough’s work. Gainsborough’s House state that through their re-opening exhibition they wish to be able to convincingly show Thomas Gainsborough as a landscape artist and have requested the loan of two works to support this:-

 

·         IPSMG: R.1982.91 Cottage Door with Girl and Pigs, by Thomas Gainsborough

·         IPSMG: R.1982.90 Country Cart Crossing a Ford by Thomas Gainsborough

 

The original loan request (agreed June 2021 - OD/21/24) requested loan dates 25.11.21 – 08.07.22.

Decision:

The decision made is to agree this loan request. This loan provides an opportunity to continue a long-standing mutually beneficial relationship with Gainsborough’s House who confirm that through this exhibition they will point visitors to the Gainsborough works on display at Ipswich.

 

Due to delays in the Gainsborough House redevelopment the loan period has been revised as follows:

 

Loan to commence: 1st July 2022

Loan ends: 31st October 2022

Publication date: 30/05/2022

Date of decision: 25/05/2022

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