Collection, on loan from a private owner, includes Victorian and early 20th century furniture and ceramics. Paintings Notable paintings in the Lotherton Hall collection include: The Irish House of Commons (1780) by Francis Wheatley (1747–1801) – a large-scale group portrait showing Henry Grattan making a speech on the repeal of Poynings’ Law during a debate in the Irish House of Commons on 19 April 1780. Portrait of Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1779) by Pompeo Batoni (I708-87) – painted in Rome during Sir Thomas Gascoigne’s Grand Tour, Sir Thomas is shown as a connoisseur surrounded by books, sculptures and a globe. Sir Thomas is also holding a snuff box bearing the portrait of Marie Antoinette. Five Impressionist paintings by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863–1923) – A Lady and a Dog on the Beach (1906), Ladies on the Beach (1906), People Sitting on the Beach (1906), The Beach (1906) and The Bridge (1906) Four portraits and three landscapes by George Clausen (1852–1944) – The Miller’s Man (1888), The Shy Girl (1897–1907), Lady Beatrice (1908), Reading by Lamplight (Twilight: Interior) (1909), The Village at Night (1903), Misty Morning and The Village Green at Night. Lotherton Hall also houses work by Mark Senior (1862–1927) (a member of the Staithes Group), Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942) and Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933) Furniture Notable furniture in the Lotherton Hall collection includes: Neo-Gothic designs by Augustus (A.W.N.) Pugin (1812–52) – Footstool and pair of dining chairs made for George IV by Morel and Seddon c.1828 for Windsor Castle and oak armchair made for the Jacksons of Kelwood Grove, Yorkshire c.1865 after a Pugin design of 1835. Neo-Gothic design by William Burges (1827–81) – Centre table made c.1867 for Burges's rooms at 15 Buckingham Street, London and later transferred to Burges’s new home (Tower House, 29 Melbury Road, Kensington). Red, black and gold painted oak frame supporting top of marble inlay (pietra dura). Neo-Gothic oak wardrobe designed by Collier & Plucknett and decorated with allegorical paintings of the seasons and the winds by J. Moir Smith. Art nouveau high-backed chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) Arts and Crafts and Aesthetic Movement furniture designed by Ernest Gimson (1864–1919), C.F.A Voysey (1857–1941), Edward William Godwin (1833–86), Gordon Russell (1892–1980), Morris & Co., Philip Webb (1831–1915), Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956) and Jennens & Bettridge (specialists in papier-mâché) Georgian furniture by Gillows of Lancaster, including a dining table commissioned by Richard Oliver Gascoigne for