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==History==
The Bowes Museum was purpose-built as a public art gallery for [[John Bowes (art collector)|John Bowes]] and his wife [[Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier]], Countess of [[San Marino#Curacies|Montalbo]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-03-25|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=San Marino#Curacies|reason= The anchor (Curacies) [[Special:Diff/1206202532|has been deleted]].}}, who both died before it opened in 1892. Bowes was the son of [[John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne|John Bowes]], the [[Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne|10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]], although he did not inherit the title as he was deemed illegitimate under Scottish law. His grandmother was [[Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne]].
It was designed with the collaboration of two architects, the French architect [[Jules Pellechet]] and John Edward Watson of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk/about/building/|title=The Building|website=bowesmuseum.org.uk|access-date=2012-02-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801145714/http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk/about/building/#|archive-date=2012-08-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> The building is richly modelled, with large windows, engaged columns, projecting bays, and mansard roofs typical of the [[Second Empire architecture in Europe|French Second Empire]], set within landscaped gardens. An account in 1901 described it as "... some 500 feet in length by 50 feet high, and is designed in the French style of the First Empire. Its contents are priceless, consisting of unique Napoleon relics, splendid picture galleries, a collection of old china, not to be matched anywhere else in the world, jewels of incredible beauty and value; and, indeed, a wonderful and rare collection of art objects of every kind."<ref>{{cite news |title = A Museum Buried in a Forest, and some other Strange Things in Strange Places |url = http://46.32.255.219/pdf/1901/May-22/May-22-1901-05.pdf |year = 1901 |periodical = [[Pearson's Weekly]]}}</ref>
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