About Charles Gassiot
Lived 1826 – 1902 (aged 75–76). Charles Gassiot was an art collector and businessperson.
The Last Evening by James Tissot, 1873. Part of the large gift of artworks Gassiot made to the Guildhall Art Gallery in 1902.
Charles Gassiot (1826–1902) was an English businessman and art collector. He was the son of John Peter Gassiot a scientist member of the Royal Society, inheriting his share in the wine merchant business. Charles Gassiot was an avid collector of Victorian art and on his death in 1902 he bequeathed over a hundred paintings to the City of London collection which now form a major part of the Guildhall Art Gallery. A room at the Vintners Hall is named after him.
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English businessman and art collector
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Charles Gassiot was born in 1826.
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Charles Gassiot died in 1902.
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Charles Gassiot was an art collector and businessperson.
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