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Journal of the History of Collections 2004 16(1):89-110; doi:10.1093/jhc/16.1.89
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The Lane bequest

A British–Irish cultural conflict revisited

Anne Kelly

This article revisits a cultural conflict between Britain and Ireland over the bequest of Sir Hugh Lane who died in the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. His will left his collection of modern pictures to the National Gallery in London although a signed but unwitnessed codicil left them to Dublin. The contentious issue has been examined and presented by Lady Gregory, Thomas Bodkin and others from the Irish perspective. However, little is known of the history of the affair from the British point of view and the analyses of material from British archives provides important new information on the issue. It also indicates that the Irish negotiating position would have been substantially changed had this material been known to the Irish side during the long years of the debate.

+ Address for correspondence Anne Kelly, Arts Administration Studies, University College Dublin, J013 John Henry Newman Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.


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