Wallace Collection

Collection of paintings and art objects on display in Hertford House, Manchester Square, London. The works were collected by Richard Wallace (1818-1890), and donated to the nation in 1897. It is one of the finest collections of 18th-century French art.

Much of the collection comes from the royal châteaux, and includes sculpture, furniture, and small objets d'art, as well as paintings by Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, and others. There are also many fine paintings of various national schools, including Lady with a Fan by Velázquez and The Laughing Cavalier by Frans Hals, and collections of European and Oriental armour.