What's On
Portrait Miniatures, Photography and Painting
Jun. 05, 2013 Time: 19:30
Wednesday 5 June, 7.30pm
Portrait Miniatures, Photography and Painting
Bettina von Zwehl and Katy Barron
Ticket £8/£5concs (£2 BSU Students)
Artist Bettina von Zwehl will be in conversation with
curator Katy Barron about her current...
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An introduction to Eighteenth-Century English Porcelain
Jun. 10, 2013 Time: 15:30
Teatime Talk
Monday 10 June, 3.30pm
An introduction to Eighteenth-Century English Porcelain
Matthew Winterbottom
Ticket £5
Do you know the difference between soft-paste and hard-paste
porcelain; can you tell your Chelsea from your...
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The Prince Regent’s Paintings
Jun. 19, 2013 Time: 19:30
Wednesday 19 June, 7.30pm
The Prince Regent’s Paintings
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Ticket £10/£8
The Prince Regent, later George IV, was one of the most
extravagant and flamboyant of all Royal collectors. He
purchased almost all the greatest...
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Intimate Vision: Portrait and Eye Miniatures around 1800
Jun. 28, 2013 Time: 15:00
Teatime Talk
3pm Friday 28 of June
Intimate Vision: Portrait and Eye Miniatures around 1800
Hanneke Grootenboer
The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new
craze in Europe: tiny portraits of...
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Jacob van Ruisdael and the Expressive Landscape
Jul. 01, 2013 Time: 15:30
Monday 1 July, 3.30pm
Jacob van Ruisdael and the Expressive Landscape
Jennifer Scott
Ticket £5
Ruisdael is celebrated for his poetic depictions of the
17th-century Dutch Landscape. Jennifer Scott (Curator of
Paintings, Royal Collection Trust and...
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Rembrandt’s Mother
Jul. 15, 2013 Time: 15:30
Monday 15 July, 3.30pm
Rembrandt’s Mother
Alexander Sturgis
Ticket £5
The wonderful painting of an old lady by Rembrandt (one of
the stars of our current exhibition) is known as
‘Rembrandt’s Mother’ but is...
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Zoffany and India
Sep. 09, 2013 Time: 15:30
Teatime Talk
Monday 9 September, 3.30pm
Zoffany and India
Charles Greig
Ticket £5
In the 1780s Zoffany travelled to India lured by the
possibility of commissions from Indian rulers and the
wealthy British members of the East...
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