The Gallery's historical international art collection focuses on Western European and North American work, and spans from the early Renaissance to the second half of the twentieth century. The collection has strengths in Northern Renaissance; British art from the late-18th to late-19th century, including Victorian and Edwardian painting; and modern European and American painting, sculpture, photography and prints from the late 19th century to the second half of the twentieth century. The majority of the over 2000 works in this area are Western European.
