George Salting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British-Australian art collector and National Gallery benefactor
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About George Salting
- George Salting (15 August 1835 – 12 December 1909) was an Australian-born British art collector.
- He had inherited considerable wealth from his father; Salting collected paintings, Chinese porcelains, furniture, and many other categories of art and decorative items.
- He left his paintings to the National Gallery, London, prints and drawings to the British Museum, and the remainder to the Victoria & Albert Museum, requesting that the collection be displayed intact rather than divided among the museum's departments.
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