Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire

June 2009

This catalogue contains over 1,700 full colour images within 296 pages. The dimensions are 29.5 x 23.5 cm and the catalogues typically weigh between 1.8 - 2.8 kg.

This volume reproduces 1,800 publicly owned paintings from 77 collections in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire. Works by Sir Frank Brangwyn, Dame Laura Knight, Benjamin Leader and Paul Nash feature alongside many lesser-known artists with a more local remit. This area includes the fringe of the Birmingham conurbation, represented here by the collections at Dudley Museums Service. Beyond this, however, these are rural counties punctuated by the cities of Hereford and Worcester, where the main collections are found at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery and Worcester City Museums respectively. Shropshire’s contribution to the Industrial Revolution is highlighted by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust collection, while the largest collection in the county is situated at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

Collections included

Alexandra Hospital; Bewdley Museum; Bewdley Town Council; Bishop's Castle Town Council; Bridgnorth Town Council; Bromsgrove Library; Bromyard and Wilmslow Town Council; Bromyard Community Hospital; Brooke Robinson Museum; Castle High School and Visual Arts College; Dudley Museums Service; English Heritage, Boscobel House; Evesham Community Hospital; Evesham Town Council; Forge Mill Needle Museum; Harper Adams University College; Hereford City Council; Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust; Hereford Museum and Art Gallery; Hereford Police Station; Herefordshire Archive Service; Herefordshire Council; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust; King Edward VI College; Lady Hawkins' School; Leominster Library; Leominster Museum; Leominster Police Station; Leominster Town Council; Ludlow Library & Museum Resource Centre; Ludlow Town Council; Malvern Festival Theatre; Malvern Library; Malvern Museum; Malvern Town Council; Much Wenlock Museum; Much Wenlock Town Council; Mythstories; Northgate Museum; Old Swinford Hospital School; Oswestry Railway Museum; Oswestry Town Council; Pershore Community Hospital; Princess of Wales Community Hospital; Ross-on-Wye Community Hospital; Ross-on-Wye Library; Ross-on-Wye Town Council; Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology; Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery; Shropshire Council; Tenbury Wells Town Council; The Black Country Living Museum; The Bromyard Centre; The Charter Trustees of the Town of Kidderminster; The Courtyard Centre for the Arts; The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; The Elgar Birthplace Museum; The Herefordshire Light Infantry (TA) Museum; The Minster College; The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust; The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford; The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust); The Shropshire Regimental Museum; The Welsh Guards Museum; The Worcestershire Regimental Museum; University of Worcester; Wem Town Council; West Mercia Police Force Headquarters; Whitchurch Heritage Centre; Worcester City Museums; Worcester Guildhall; Worcester Porcelain Museum; Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust and the University of Worcester; Worcestershire County Council; Worcestershire County Museum; Worcestershire Record Office; Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry Museum