Wallace Collection the largest, most important and extant collection of French 18th-century decorative arts in the world, rivalled only by the triumvirate of the Musée du Louvre, Château de Versailles and Mobilier National in France. The Wallace Collection is a non-departmental public body and admission is free. The Wallace Collection is a museum which displays the works of art collected in the 18th and 19th centuries by five generations of a British aristocratic family – the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess. In the 19th century, the Marquesses of Hertford were one
Firestone Collection of Canadian Art "Le Salon: Celebrating 35 Years of the Firestone Collection of Canadian" "Art" also curated by Catherine Sinclair celebrated the history of the Collection and the contribution of the Firestones to the local art community. More recent exhibitions showing the breadth of the collection and artworks relating to geographic locations from across Canada include the 2010 exhibition "At Land’s End" showing artworks that explore the relationship between land and sea and the 2016 exhibition "Coast to Coast: Features from the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art" exploring works from artists across the nation. Firestone, O.J. "The Other A.Y. Jackson". Toronto: McClelland and