RA Collection: People and Organisations
London gallery located at 8 Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, London run by Edinburgh-born art dealer David Croal Thomson (1855-1930) and then by his son William Lockett Halton Thomson (1898-1990), referred to as Lockett Thomson. He managed the London branch of the Goupil Gallery (1885-1897); he was a partner at Agnew's (1898-1908) and was with The French Gallery in Pall Mall (1909-1918). Croal Thomson was also President of the Fine Arts Provident Institution from 1911-1916, before becoming the proprietor of Barbizon House which he ran from 1918-1924 in partnership with his son Lockett Thomson. His much-famed magazine ran from 1919 to 1938 and depicted a large amount of the artworks covering all periods that were shown in his gallery.