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===Art=== [[File:Statue of Margot Fonteyn, Reigate, Surrey.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of [[Margot Fonteyn]]]] Reigate Priory Museum holds an early-16th century portrait of John Lymden, the final Prior of Reigate.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-lymden-elected-1530-surrendered-1536-the-last-prior-of-reigate-13579 |title= John Lymden (elected 1530, surrendered 1536), the Last Prior of Reigate |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212153/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-lymden-elected-1530-surrendered-1536-the-last-prior-of-reigate-13579 |url-status= live }}</ref> The Town Hall holds several artworks, including paintings by [[Henry Tanworth Wells]] (1828{{em dash}}1903),<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/loading-at-the-quarry-holmbury-hill-13559 |title= ''Loading at the Quarry, Holmbury Hill'' Henry Tanworth Wells |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212153/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/loading-at-the-quarry-holmbury-hill-13559 |url-status= live }}</ref> George Leon Little (1862{{em dash}}1941)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sheep-in-a-landscape-13557 |title= ''Sheep in a Landscape'' John Leon Little |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212153/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sheep-in-a-landscape-13557 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/evening-lake-scene-13187 |title= ''Evening Lake Scene'' John Leon Little |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212153/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/evening-lake-scene-13187 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cows-in-a-landscape-13558 |title= ''Cows in a landscape'' John Leon Little |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212154/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/cows-in-a-landscape-13558 |url-status= live }}</ref> and [[George Hooper (artist)|George Hooper]] (1910{{em dash}}1994).<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/evening-lake-scene-13187 |title= ''The Garden at Loxwood, Redhill'' George Hooper |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212154/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/evening-lake-scene-13187 |url-status= live }}</ref> Landscapes depicting scenes of the Reigate area by the artists [[Alfred Walter Williams]] (1823{{em dash}}1905), James Thomas Linnell (1826{{em dash}}1905) and Albert Ernest Bottomley (1873{{em dash}}1950) are held by [[Leicester Museum & Art Gallery|Leicester Museum and Art Gallery]],<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/reigate-heath-surrey-81336/ |title= ''Reigate Heath, Surrey'' Alfred Walter Williams |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212156/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/reigate-heath-surrey-81336 |url-status= live }}</ref> the [[Brighton Museum & Art Gallery|Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust]], Brighton,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/driving-sheep-a-view-from-reigate-surrey-75204 |title= ''Driving Sheep: A view from Reigate, Surrey'' James Thomas Linnell |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212155/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/driving-sheep-a-view-from-reigate-surrey-75204 |url-status= live }}</ref> and [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/prices-lane-reigate-surrey-60833 |title= ''Price's Lane, Reigate Surrey'' Albert Ernest Bottomley |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Art UK |access-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-date= 14 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211014212155/https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/prices-lane-reigate-surrey-60833 |url-status= live }}</ref> Among the [[List of public art in Surrey#Reigate and Redhill|works of public art in the town]] is a statue of the ballet dancer, Margot Fonteyn, by the artist Nathan David, which was installed at the south end of London Road in 1980.<ref name=Guardian_Fonteyn>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/jun/09/margot-fonteyn-royal-opera-house |title= Marking the spot where Peggy became Margot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413120350/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2010/jun/09/margot-fonteyn-royal-opera-house |archive-date= 13 April 2016 |work= The Guardian |date= 9 June 2010 |last= Thorpe |first= Vanessa }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Roberts |first= Stephen |date= 10 June 2019 |title= The life and times of Surrey ballerina Margot Fonteyn |work= Great British Life |url= https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/22575825.life-times-surrey-ballerina-margot-fonteyn/ |access-date= 8 July 2023 }}</ref>{{refn|The statue marks the site of the house, where Fonteyn was born in 1919.<ref name=Guardian_Fonteyn/>|group=note}}
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