New Gallery, Regent Street

The New Gallery was founded in 1888 by Joseph Comyns Carr and Charles Edward Hallé, who had previously been directors of the Grosvenor Gallery and had resigned in 1887. The gallery continued the ideals of the Grosvenor and was an important venue for artists of the Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic movements. Edward Burne-Jones supported the venue and alongside Lawrence Alma-Tadema and William Holman Hunt joined the Consulting Committee. The Gallery was also supported by George Frederic Watts and Frederic Leighton. In 1888, the New Gallery hosted the first exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society under the direction of the Society’s president, Walter Crane. The Society’s annual exhibitions were held here.