The Chelsea Collection is a priceless
anthology
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In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
of prints and pictures of old
Chelsea
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Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
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. Begun in 1887, it contains works by
artist
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s as notable and diverse as
Rossetti
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and
Whistler. During his time at the Library, Armitage Denton built the Collection assiduously so that by the time of his death in July 1949, it numbered more than 1,000 items. At the end of the 20th century, the Collection totalled more than 5,000 works, and it continues to grow.
Culture in London
Libraries in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Chelsea, London
1887 works
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