Work of the week 59: Bust of Lewis Fry

Work of the week 59: Bust of Lewis Fry

Visitors entering the Fry Gallery will find in the lobby a Victorian bust of the Rt. Hon, Lewis Fry, MP for Bristol executed in 1882 by James Havard Thomas, and perhaps wonder why he is there in “a shrine to my favourite Essex artists” (to quote Grayson Perry). The...
Art and Design

Art and Design

2nd April  – 29th October 2023 Art and Design will draw from our Permanent Collection works which emphasise the contribution which the artists made to British design.