See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• TATE, JAMES (1771-1843)
• TATE, NAHUM (1652-1715)
• TATE, RALPH (1840-1901)
• BART SIR HENRY TATE

TATE  . (1819-1899), See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant and founder of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ART

Art, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHORLEY
• CHORLEY, HENRY FOTHERGILL (1808—1872)

Chorley, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, in 1819 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, put him into business- in See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool . He became a prosperous See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker, and about 1874 removed to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he greatly increased the operations of his See also:

• FIRM

firm and made " See also:

• TATE, JAMES (1771-1843)
• TATE, NAHUM (1652-1715)
• TATE, RALPH (1840-1901)
• TATE, SIR HENRY, BART

Tate's See also:

• CUBE (Gr. K46os, a cube)

Cube Sugar " known all over the See also:

• WORLD

world . He had See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in his career begun to devote large sums of See also:

• MONEY

money to philanthropic and educational purposes . He gave £42,000 to the Liverpool University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, founded in 1881; and a still larger sum to the Liverpool hospitals . Then, when he came to London, he presented four See also:

• FREE

free public See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries to the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• LAMBETH

Lambeth . His See also:

• INTEREST

interest in art came with later years . He was at first merely a See also:

• REGULAR

regular buyer of pictures, for which he built a large private gallery in his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at See also:

• STREATHAM

Streatham . Gradually his gallery came to contain one of the best private collections of See also:

• MODERN

modern pictures in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and the owner naturally began to consider what should be done with it after his See also:

• DEATH

death . It had always been his intention to leave it to the nation, but in the way of carrying out this generous See also:

• DESIRE

desire there stood several obstacles . The National Gallery could not have accepted more than a selection from Tate's pictures, which were not all up to the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of See also:

• TRAFALGAR, BATTLE OF

Trafalgar Square; and even YXVi .

15when he offered to build a new gallery for them, it was found difficult to secure a suitable site . What Tate offered was to spend £80,000 upon a See also:

• BUILDING

building if the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government would See also:

• PRO

pro-vide the ground; and in 1892 this offer was accepted . A new gallery, controlled by the Trustees of the National Gallery, was built on the site of Milibank See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

Prison . The gallery was opened on 21st See also:

• JULY

July 1897, and a large addition to it was completed just before the donor died . It contained sixty-five pictures presented by him; nearly all the English pictures from the National Gallery painted within the previous eighty years; the pictures See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy under the See also:

• CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT (1782-1841)

Chantrey See also:

• BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

Bequest, which had previously hung in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• KENSINGTON

Kensington Museum; and seventeen large See also:

• WORKS

works given to the nation by Mr G . F . See also:

• WATTS, ALARIC ALEXANDER (1797-1864)
• WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK (1817-1904)
• WATTS, ISAAC (1674-1748)

Watts, R.A . Mr Tate was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in the See also:

• YEAR

year after the Tate Gallery had been opened . He died at Streatham on the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1899 .