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The British Country House

December 2, 1985–February 12, 1986
East Building, Ground Floor, Study Center

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

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Original exhibition poster
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Overview: Organized in conjunction with Treasure Houses of Britain, this library exhibition brought together a variety of collection catalogs of British art collections and photographic surveys of British country houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Organization: The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art. Caroline Backlund, head reference librarian, Ted Dalziel, librarian for interlibrary loan, and Roger Lawson, head of cataloging, were cocurators.