Love our paintings? A few surprises among Nottinghamshire's favourite artworks

By Nottinghamshire Life on January 19th 2012

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Nottinghamshire art lovers can now browse the city’s art collection online - and order prints of the work for home and work

A project to digitally archive Nottingham’s many thousands of artworks has now launched a new website, which enables people to buy prints of anything from their collection.

As part of the Museum Interpretation Project, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery has undertaken the massive task of photographing and archiving the many thousands of prints, paintings, etchings and sculptures in its permanent collection. The aim is to have a comprehensive database of every work of art.

And for the first time, art lovers can browse the growing archive and buy prints, in frames, or even on box canvases. Alongside photographic prints, you can have archival prints, which are printed thickly – almost like paintings – and are available up to A1 size.

The new website, launched at the end of 2011, is proving a hit with art lovers and people keen to own a slice of Nottinghamshire history.

The team has now embarked on the city’s collection of more than 4,000 works on paper and the archive is constantly being updated. As well as buying online, prints can be ordered in the museum and art gallery shops, and plans are underway to introduce touch screen kiosks to enable people to browse the archive.

Since its launch, the website has identified its four most popular works with art lovers: Captain Albert Ball (1921) by Edward Newling, The Goose Fair, Nottingham (1926), by Arthur Spooner, In Love (1888) by Marcus C. Stone and View of Nottingham from the East (c.1695) by Jan Siberechts.

All the money raised through sales is ploughed back into the museum.

Love our paintings?

Nottinghamshire art lovers can now browse the city’s art collection online - and order prints of the work for home and work.

A project to digitally archive Nottingham’s many thousands of artworks has now launched a new website, which enables people to buy prints of anything from their collection.

As part of the Museum Interpretation Project, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery has undertaken the massive task of photographing and archiving the many thousands of prints, paintings, etchings and sculptures in its permanent collection. The aim is to have a comprehensive database of every work of art.

And for the first time, art lovers can browse the growing archive and buy prints, in frames, or even on box canvases. Alongside photographic prints, you can have archival prints, which are printed thickly – almost like paintings – and are available up to A1 size. The new website, launched at the end of 2011, is proving a hit with art lovers and people keen to own a slice of Nottinghamshire history. The team has now embarked on the city’s collection of more than 4,000 works on paper and the archive is constantly being updated. As well as buying online, prints can be ordered in the museum and art gallery shops, and plans are underway to introduce touch screen kiosks to enable people to browse the archive.

Since its launch, the website has identified its four most popular works with art lovers: Captain Albert Ball (1921) by Edward Newling, The Goose Fair, Nottingham (1926), by Arthur Spooner, In Love (1888) by Marcus C. Stone and View of Nottingham from the East (c.1695) by Jan Siberechts.

All the money raised through sales is ploughed back into the museum.

Love our paintings? A few surprises among Nottinghamshire's favourite artworks

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