Wallace Collection of the wealthiest families in Europe. They owned large properties in England, Wales and Ireland, and increased their wealth through successful marriages. Politically of lesser importance, the 3rd and 4th Marquess and Sir Richard Wallace became leading art collectors of their time. The Wallace Collection, comprising about 5,500 works of art, was bequeathed to the British nation by Lady Wallace in 1897. The state then decided to buy Hertford House to display the collection and it was opened as a museum in 1900. As a museum the Wallace Collection's main strength is perhaps its extraordinary array of 18th-century French art:
Firestone Collection of Canadian Art Stewart, Ltd, 1979. Trépanier, Esther, Gemey Kelly, and Emily Falvey. "Full Space/Plein espace: Modern Art from the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art". Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery, 2004. City of Ottawa document on Firestone rebuild: http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/ec/2006/10-24/ACS2006-PGM-APR-0220.htm Ottawa Citizen article on the Firestone home and family: https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20061209/282424164730550 Firestone Collection of Canadian Art The Firestone Collection of Canadian Art is a collection of over 1600 works of twentieth-century Canadian art amassed by Ottawa residents O.J. and Isobel Firestone beginning in the 1950s. It is now a public collection owned by the City of Ottawa, and under the custodianship of the Ottawa Art Gallery.