BRUTON GALLERY

1902 - 1907

1] The Bruton Gallery was at 13 Bruton Street, Mayfair close to New Bond Street, London. The gallery is first noted in October 1902 when it staged an exhibition which included the works Marie Joseph Lιon [Clavel] Iwill (1840-1920) and others and they had several other exhibitions in 1903 including the works of Frederick Francis Foottet (1850–1935), Robert Macaulay Stevenson (1854–1952) and others. One of their most celebrated exhibitions was in November 1904 with artefacts and artwork from Scott's Discovery expedition when it was reported that "Bruton Street and New Bond Street was lined with motorcars and carriages". The visitor's book serves as a record of an early 20th-century red carpet event and contains approximately 1,000 signatures, including the writer Walter Copeland Jerrold (1865–1929), alongside the artists Felix Stone Moscheles (1833–1917) and Marietta Pallis (1882–1963). Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scout movement, Princess Beatrice and Maria Amelia, Queen of Portugal also attended. Other important exhibitions included shows of work by Stephen Baghot de la Bere (1877–1927), Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872–1898), Susan Ruth Canton, Edward Henry Gordon Craig (1872-1966), Walter Dexter, Edward Elliot, Jessie Marion King (1875-1949), Finlay Mackinnon, Evelyn de Morgan (1855-1919), Austin Osman Spare (1888-1956) and Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877-1961). The last exhibition noted was 26 November-24 December 1907 and in March the following year the company was dissolved. The Baillie Gallery took over the premises where Baillie remained until they ceased to trade in 1914.

2] The Bruton Street Gallery was at 28 Bruton Street from the 1990s, Patricia Herrod (born 1946), art collector was the former owner. It had an exhibition of the works of Ian Black in 1995, Simon Gales in 1999-2003 and Valerie Thornton.