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Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a Straw Hat, ca.1782-1794. George Romney (1734-1802) Oil on canvas. The Huntington. The Huntington Art Collections are exhibited in three different buildings and feature a specialized, comprehensive collection of British and French art of the 18th and 19th centuries as well as a representative collection of American art. The Huntington Art Gallery was established by the founder to retain the character of an 18th-century manor. Originally the home of Mr. and Mrs. Huntington, the Huntington Art Gallery contains a collection of British and Continental art, eloquently bringing to life a segment of the past, bounded roughly by the French and American revolutions, through paintings, furniture, sculpture, tapestries, silver, miniatures, drawings and watercolors, prints, and porcelain. The Main Gallery contains one of the finest collections of full-length 18th-century British portraits to be found outside of Britain, and provides an unrivaled opportunity to study British art. Masterpieces include works by such artists as Constable, Romney, Reynolds, Van Dyck, and Turner, as well as the Blue Boy by Gainsborough and Pinkie by Lawrence.

The Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art displays American paintings from the 1730s to the 1930s, augmented by American furniture, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photographs. An important collection of the drawings and manuscripts of architects Charles and Henry Greene, on deposit from the Gamble House (USC), is complemented by a display of Greene and Greene furniture and other decorative art objects from the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Scott complex also houses the West Coast Regional Center of the Archives of American Art, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, where scholars can study microfilm records relating to American art from colonial times to the present.

The Arabella Huntington Memorial Collection, housed in the Library building, comprises 18th-century French furniture, sculpture, and Sevres porcelain, as well as Renaissance paintings.

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