Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London 7 MAY — 26 JULY, 2009 Thomas Holloway (1800-1883), a self-made multi-millionaire, purchased a group of "modern" paintings that were the crowning gift of his generous endowment of a college for women, opened by Queen Victoria in 1886. This exhibition includes sixty works from the Holloway collection that exemplify a range of themes in mid-Victorian art. Seascapes: Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection 28 MAY — 23 AUGUST, 2009 Lovers of the sea will delight in this small but stunning exhibition of marine paintings and watercolors from the glorious Dutch "Golden Age," and by noted British artists. The exhibition features more than twenty works from a recent major gift to the Center. On view will be works spanning the seventeenth to the the nineteenth centuries by the Dutch Willem van de Velde (father and son); Peter Monamy, one of the first British artists to be celebrated as a marine painter; Nicholas Pocock, a merchant sea captain turned artist; and a trio of nineteenth-century artists, George Chambers, Edward Duncan, and Thomas Sewell Robins, whose beautiful coastal views reflect the impact of the romantic movement on marine painting. Scenes of famous naval battles, warships, privateers, fishing boats, and historical vessels, including HMS Bounty, will be on view, as well as works attesting to Great Britain's maritime capabilities, interest in scientific exploration, and imperial expansion. The Center is the only venue for the exhibition. Dalou in England: Portraits of Womanhood, 1871-1879 11 JUNE — 23 AUGUST, 2009 This exhibition looks at four works by the French sculptor Jules Dalou executed during his British period. Living in exile in London in the 1870s, Dalou found his niche among the English aristocracy with the support of the Countess of Carlisle at Castle Howard, creating a series of intimate statuettes on the theme of modern womanhood. Co-organized by the Yale Center for British Art and the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. The Center is the only U.S. venue for this exhibition.