John Bowes (art collector)

John Bowes (19 June 1811 London – 9 October 1885 Streatlam, co. Durham)[1] was an English art collector and thoroughbred racehorse owner who founded the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, Teesdale.

Bowes Museum, County Durham
  1. ^ Chilvers, Ian (3 September 2009) [1st. Pub. 1990]. The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-19-953294-0.