Museum Collections (14 total)
Use this list to explore the collections, archive and historical events of the the Manchester Art Museum.
The Holy Family
The Holy Family, George Baxter (printmaker), after Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael) (artist)
, 1849 to 1850
This 19th century print is based on a painting by the Renaissance painter, Raphael. It shows the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus and John the…
Tags: Children's Room, Copies, Raphael, Religion
A Terrier (after Landseer)
A Terrier (after Landseer), Basil Bradley, 1872
Edwin Landseer's paintings of domestic and wild animals were immensely popular in late Victorian Britain. Basil Bradley was a Manchester-born artist,…
The Annunciation (after Lippo Lippi)
The Annunciation (after Lippo Lippi), Ad, 1893
A biblical scene depicting the Annunciation, which marks the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which she learns that she is to be…
Tags: Adele R B Muller, Children's Room, Copies, Lippo Lippi, Religion
The Three Jovial Huntsmen
The Three Jovial Huntsmen, Randolph Caldecott, George Routledge & Sons, London, 1880
Caldecott's picture book for children, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, was a bestseller in its day. Of course, purchasing such a book was beyond the reach…
A Rest by the Way
A Rest by the Way, George Shalders, 1870
Described in the Manchester Art Museum catalogue as 'an extremely pleasant pastoral scene', this is typical of the type of picture intended to both…
Tags: Children's Room, George Shalders, Nature
Faithful Unto Death
Faithful Unto Death, Edward Poynter, 1865
This painting shows a scene from the destruction of Pompeii in 79 CE. The museum catalogue draws out the individual moral from the historical event:…
Tags: Children's Room, Edward Poynter
Highland Drovers Departing for the South
Highland Drovers Departing for the South, James Henry Watt, ater Edwin Landseer, 1830s
This line engraving is taken from a painting by Edwin Landseer, depicting a group of drovers at the start of their journey from Scotland to livestock…
Tags: Children's Room, Edwin Landseer
Illustrations from The Jungle Book
Illustrations from The Jungle Book, Maurice and Edward Detmold, Macmillan and Co, London, 1903
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling was published in 1894. The moral lessons contained in each of the stories could be used to instruct the children of…
Tags: Children's Room
Pages from the Sketchbook of Albert Hendschel
Pages from the Sketchbook of Albert Hendschel, Albert Hendschel, Verlag Von M.Hendschel, Frankfurt, 1886
The sketchbooks of the German artist, Albert Hendschel, were published after his death, and a number of these reproductions were displayed in the…
Tags: Albert Hendschel, Children's Room
Printing Block for 'The House that Jack Built'
Printing Block for 'The House that Jack Built', Edmund Evans (engraver), 1878
One of the printing blocks used to show the process of printing coloured illustrations.
Master David Little
Master David Little, Ford Madox Brown, 1885
The little boy shown in this drawing was the son of an eye surgeon, and is typical of the pictures of idealised childhood displayed in the Art Museum.…
Tags: Children's Room, Ford Madox Brown
Madeline Scott (study for an oil painting)
Madeline Scott (study for an oil painting), Ford Madox Brown, c1833
This chalk drawing is a study for a portrait of the artist's seven year old daughter, Madeline.
Tags: Children's Room, Ford Madox Brown, Manchester Art Museum
The House that Jack Built
The House that Jack Built, Randolph Caldecott, Frederick Warne & Co, 1878
Among the exhibits in the Children's Gallery were illustrations from popular stories. Thomas Horsfall also bought the three printing blocks used to…