western Europe, providing the Department of Prints and Drawings's main source of purchase funds during the Great Depression. He also bequeathed several objects to the Victoria & Albert Museum, including a vase made by Baccarat, and several paintings to the National Gallery. Florence's will also made provision for the establishment of the Henry L. Florence Studentship's Fund, which is run by The Architectural Association. Research scholars with the fund have included Scottish architect Geoffrey Copcutt. In the 1930s, another bequest by his relation, H. S. E. van der Plant, enabled the construction of the Florence Hall, London after Henry Louis which is owned by RIBA. References 1843 births 1916 deaths British patrons of the arts British art collectors 19th-century English architects 20th-century English architects