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Bowes Museum

Coordinates: 54°32′31″N 1°54′55″W / 54.54194°N 1.91528°W / 54.54194; -1.91528

The Bowes Museum has a nationally-renowned art collection and is situated in the town of Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England.

The museum contains paintings by El Greco, Francisco Goya, Canaletto, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and François Boucher, together with a sizable collection of decorative art, ceramics, textiles, tapestries, clocks and costumes, as well as older items from local history. The early works of French glassmaker Émile Gallé were commissioned by Joséphine, wife of the founder John Bowes. A great attraction is the 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, which periodically preens itself, looks round and appears to catch and swallow a fish.

History

The Bowes Museum was purpose-built as a public art gallery for John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Chevalier, Countess of Montalbo, who both died before it opened in 1892. Bowes was the illegitimate son of John Bowes the 10th Earl of Strathmore, and Kinghorne.

Bowes

Coordinates: 54°30′58″N 2°00′32″W / 54.516°N 02.009°W / 54.516; -02.009

Bowes is a village in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle.

Geography and administration

Civic history

Bowes lies within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was incorporated into the non-metropolitan county of Durham for administrative purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

The A66 and A67 roads meet at Bowes.

History

The Roman name for Bowes was Lavatrae. A Roman army station was located there.

The only pub in the village, The Ancient Unicorn, is reputed to be haunted by several ghosts. The pub has closed down as of 2014. This 17th-century coaching inn famously played host to Charles Dickens as he toured the local area. Dickens found inspiration in the village academy, which he immortalised as Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby; and the graves of two of the people who inspired characters portrayed by the great author remain in Bowes churchyard to this day.

Bowes (disambiguation)

Bowes is a village in County Durham, England.

Bowes may also refer to:

  • Bowes (surname), a surname
  • Bowes Primary School, a primary school in London
  • Bowes Railway, the world's only preserved operational standard gauge cable railway system
  • Bowes railway station, a North East England railway station
  • Malachy Bowes Daly (18361920), Canadian politician
  • See also

  • Bowe
  • Bowes & Bowes
  • Bowes Castle
  • Bowes Museum
  • Bowes Park
  • Bowes-Lyon (disambiguation)
  • Bow (disambiguation)
  • John Bowes (disambiguation)
  • Bowes (surname)

    Bowes is a surname shared by several notable people. In Ireland, it is an anglacised form of Ó Buadhaigh.

  • Bill Bowes (19081987), English cricketer
  • Bob Bowes (born before 1949), English actor
  • Chad Jayson Bowes (born 1992), South African cricketer
  • Danny Bowes (born 1960), English musician
  • Edward Bowes (18741946), American radio personality
  • Elizabeth Bowes
  • George Bowes (soldier) (1527–1580)
  • George Bowes (17011760), English Member of Parliament and businessman
  • Hollie-Jay Bowes (born 1989), English actress
  • Jeremy Bowes
  • John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes (born before 1737), Irish peer, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
  • John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (born "John Lyon" 17371776), Scottish politician and peer
  • John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (17691820), Scottish politician and peer
  • John Bowes (art collector) (18111885), English art collector and thoroughbred racehorse owner
  • John George Bowes (c. 1812 1864), Irish-Canadian national politician
  • John Bowes (cricketer) (1918–1969), English cricketer
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