1857 – Art Treasures Exhibition Building, Manchester, Lancashire
Architect: Francis Fowke & Edward Salomons
A temporary exhibition structure built to hold the ‘Art Treasures of Great Britain”
art galleries
1860 – Proposal for the National Gallery, London
Architect: Sir Charles Barry
Over the years, general unhappiness with the existing National Gallery resulted in several attempts either to completely remodel the National Gallery (as suggested by Sir Charles Barry in 1853 and again here in 1860),
1864 – National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Richard Griffith, Charles Lanyon, Captain Francis Fowke, Sir Thomas Manly Deane, Benson + Forsyth
The original building was an exact elevational copy of the Natural History Museum by Frederick Clarendon across Leinster Lawn.
1867 – Design for National Gallery, Trafalgar Sq., London
Architect: Edward Middleton Barry
In 1867 Edward Middleton Barry proposed to replace the National Gallery building by William Wilkins with a massive classical building with four domes.
1871 – Design for National Gallery, Trafalgar Sq., London
Architect: Sir Austen Henry Layard & Gilbert R. Redgrave
Design for new National Gallery in conjunction with the architect Gilbert Redgrave –
1876 – Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Architect: Friedrich August Stüler, Johann Heinrich Strack
Part of the Museumsinsel complex of galleries and museums, the Nationalgalerie is surrounded by a long colonnade of Doric columns.
1877 – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Architect: Sherlock & Vale
The Walker is the major art gallery of Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England.
1881 – Picture Gallery, Royal Gardens, Kew, Surrey
Architect: James Fergusson
This restored gallery at Kew Gardens is now permanently devoted to the stunning botanical illustrations of intrepid Victorian traveller and artist,
1883 – Art Gallery, Museum & School of Art, Aberdeen
Architect: Matthews & Mackenzie
Aberdeen’s handsome granite Art Gallery, designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie of Matthews & Mackenzie, was opened in 1885.
1883 – Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Architect: James Brooks
Elevation, section, plans & perspective sketch published in The Building News, November 2nd 1883. Never constructed.
