Collected Wallace

In the Nineteenth Century, there was a chap called Wallace who was noted for building columns and fountains in Paris and - less well known - inLos Angeles

This is the front of the Wallace Collection in Manchester Square. It is one of the lesser known and visited museums, but it is free and has the most astonishing collection of paintings, do visit. My favorite is a little painting, The Hermit, by Gerrit Dou (pronounced cherrit - ch as in Loch- dow to rhyme with cow) who was learning from Rembrant aged 15.