In the context of Diana and Callisto, analyze the Sutherland collection of the History.
Bridgewater was probably inspired to buy the paintings by his nephew, Earl Gower, the ancestor of the Dukes of Sutherland. Certainly, on Bridgewater's death five years after the purchase, he bequeathed the Titians and the rest of his collection to Gower, who put it on display to the public in his Bridgewater House in London where it would remain on public display for the next century and a half. Upon first seeing the collection there, William Hazlitt wrote "I was staggered when I saw the works ... A new sense came upon me, a new heaven and a new Earth stood before me." At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the collection was moved from London to Scotland. Since 1945, both Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto (with other paintings from the collection, known collectively as "the Bridgewater loan" or "the Sutherland Loan") have resided at the National Gallery of Scotland (NGS) in Edinburgh. Besides Hazlitt, during their time on public display the two Titian paintings have inspired such other artists as J. M. W. Turner and Lucian Freud – Freud has described the pair as "simply the most beautiful pictures in the world".
William Hazlitt Titian Edinburgh National Gallery National Gallery of Scotland Diana and Actaeon Bridgewater House Diana London J. M. W. Turner Callisto Second World War Earl Gower Lucian Freud