Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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library and cultural institution created in 1919 at San Marino, Calif., near Los Angeles, by Henry E. Huntington (
Huntington, Henry E.) and left as a public trust upon his death. Huntington, a railroad tycoon, began collecting books early in the 20th century, and the library is rich in rare British and American literary and historical collections, including early editions of William Shakespeare's plays as well as letters by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. The library also contains an outstanding collection of portraits and landscapes by English painters such as Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and George Romney. During his lifetime, Huntington purchased, among others, the entire collections of the E. Dwight Church Library of Americana and the Wilberforce Eames collection of 12,000 early American imprints. The library and the mansion in which it is housed were deeded to the American public in perpetuity. The mansion's grounds include some 120 acres (48 hectares) of botanical gardens.
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