Dorothy Scharf (1942–2004) was a reclusive art collector who left 51 valuable paintings to the

Courtauld Institute The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

in her will. Her collection, containing works by such eminent artists as John Constable and

Thomas Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Along with his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds, he is considered one of the most important British artists of ...

, covers the "Golden Age" of English painting.25 of the paintings have been exemped from inheritance tax- Sue Bond Perhaps the most famous work in the collection is ''Margate Pier'' by J. M. W. Turner, once owned by US President

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. The artworks were first exhibited in October 2007.

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