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Christchurch Mansion

Christchurch Mansion

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Suffolk

1,161 artworks

Part of Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

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Christchurch Mansion is home to one of the world’s most important collections of John Constable’s work. Complimenting this are works by another great Suffolk artist, Thomas Gainsborough.

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Soane Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 2BE England

museums@ipswich.gov.uk

01473 433554

https://www.ipswich.gov.uk/services/christchurch-mansion

Artworks

  • Makutu
    Makutu Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • Head of a Woman
    Head of a Woman Cecil Collins (1908–1989)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • Head
    Head Cecil Collins (1908–1989)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • Kneeling Fool
    Kneeling Fool Cecil Collins (1908–1989)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • Derbyshire Hills
    Derbyshire Hills Leonard Squirrell (1893–1979)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • Marlesford Mill
    Marlesford Mill Leonard Squirrell (1893–1979)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • Evening on Iken Heath
    Evening on Iken Heath Leonard Squirrell (1893–1979)
    Christchurch Mansion
  • 1,154 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection has another 2,134 artworks

Artists

  • William Charles Fonnereau (1804–1855)
    Kate Georgina Fonnereau (c.1806–1885)
  • Old Cottages near Stoke Church
    F. W. Croe (?)
  • Self Portrait
    John Smart I of Ipswich (1756–c.1813)
  • Old Lock, Ipswich
    Robert Elleson (1825–1900)
  • Landscape, Suffolk Meadows
    Harry Becker (1865–1928)
  • The Garden in the Alhambra, Granada
    George Robert Rushton (1868–1948)
  • The Ship Church, the Dock
    Charles Eaton Hammond (1819–1912)
  • Warkworth Castle, Northumberland
    Francis Grose (1731–1791)
  • 'Altal Wardo', near Old Lock Gates
    Herbert Charles Westgate (1866–1945)
  • Long Gallery at Eastbury House
    Constance Agnes Winn (1888–1984)

Stories

Curations

  • Golding Constable's Flower Garden
    Showcase
    Art Unlocked: Colchester and Ipswich Museums

    6 artworks curated by Emma Roodhouse, Collections and Learning Curator Art

  • Mrs Monica Burnand
    Showcase
    20th Century Spotlight: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

    65 artworks curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets

Christchurch Mansion is part of

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection artworks can also be found at these venues

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    Beccles and District Museum
  • Bungay Museum
  • Bury St Edmunds Guildhall
  • Bury St Edmunds Record Office
  • Dunwich Museum
  • Felixstowe Museum
  • Food Museum
  • Gainsborough's House
  • Halesworth and District Museum
  • Haverhill and District Local History Centre