Art Collections (Hitchin)

The Art Collections principally comprise works by local artists, especially the Quaker brewers Samuel Lucas the Elder, 1805 - 1870, and his son Samuel, 1840 - 1919, with a good collection of the etchings of Frederick Griggs, a master in that medium.

Samuel Lucas, senior

Other artists represented in the collections include:

• Charles Bird
• Esther Seebohm
• Theodor Kern
• Matilda Lucas
• Karl Wood
• Jacob Thompson
• E.S.Drummond
• Evacustes A Phipson
• Samuel Lucas, Junior
• Evangeline Barrat
• Frederick Grigg
• Harry Hine
• Alice Mary Lucas
• Lucas Edward Walker
• Samuel Lucas, Senior
• Margaret Thompson