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[[Image:Bowes Museum.jpg|thumb|Bowes Museum]]
The '''Bowes Museum''' has a nationally renowned art collection and is situated in the town of [[
The museum contains paintings by [[El Greco]], [[Francisco Goya]], [[Canaletto]], [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]] and [[François Boucher]], together with a sizable collection of decorative art, [[ceramic art|ceramics]], [[textile]]s, [[Tapestry|tapestries]], clocks and costumes, as well as older items from local history. The early works of French glassmaker [[Émile Gallé]] were commissioned by Joséphine, wife of the founder [[John Bowes (art collector)|John Bowes]]. A great attraction is the 18th-century [[Silver Swan (automaton)|Silver Swan]] [[automaton]], which periodically preens itself, looks round and appears to catch and swallow a fish.
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