owneley Hall manager Sally Smith said: "We've been working with Sotheby's to bring East Lancashire’s heritage and culture to central London . “It is a pleasure to loan the painting, Charles Townley and Friends in His Library at Park Street, Westminster, painted in around 1780 by artist Johnann Zoffany. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Burnley Express, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
“It's marvellous to think that a painting from Burnley has joined 11 other artworks from other highly regarded collections such as the Tate Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries, and Sainsbury's Centre to form the exhibition London: An Artistic Crossroads. “We're delighted that artwork that normally graces Towneley Hall is now sitting with such wonderful artistic company. and being seen by visitors from across the world.
” The exhibition at Sotheby's galleries in New Bond Street will run until Friday, July 5th. It is part of the National Gallery’s 200th anniversary celebrations, and brings together a dozen extraordinary works of art from major regional collections as a homage to London and to all those who have come from elsewhere to be inspired, create and flourish. Towneley's senior curator Alison Cooper joined other representatives from the loaning organisations to give a talk about the painting of Charles Townley, focusing on his passion for collecting antiquities which became one of the foundation stones on th.
