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| Joanna Brown hands the cheque to Dr Jenny Gaschke Curator of Fine Art (Photo against the background of The Garden Court courtesy of BMAG) |
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery’s appeal to raise £18,000 for the conservation of a wonderful painting, The Garden Court
by Edward Burne-Jones, has been 100% successful, thanks to the
Friends. The museum had raised £8,000 from generous individual donors
but needed to find another £10,000 to complete the conservation of the
badly damaged artwork. The Friends of Bristol Art Gallery Executive
Committee agreed to run an appeal to the membership, which was sent out
in late July 2014, and within two months 142 individual Friends have
donated £10,000 between them.
