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Each Portrait is a Kind of Truth: Picturing Jane Austen

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

‘I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly’.  Elizabeth Bennet’s words to Mr Darcy could apply equally to accounts of Jane Austen herself. What did Jane Austen look like?  The best-authenticated portrait (currently on display as a rare loan at the Holburne) is the sketch by her sister Cassandra, but many people...

Free

“Delight once more”: music for Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Angela Hicks soprano | Sam Brown romantic guitar  An intimate evening with one of the UK’s most innovative young song duos, inspired by themes from the Rossetti exhibition: love, nostalgia, portraits and dedications. Music by Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tarrega.  7pm for a 7.30pm start

£18.00

The National Gallery and Longford Castle, a new style of relationship with Sir Nicholas Penny

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

Sir Nicholas Penny (former Director of the National Gallery) will deliver a talk “The National Gallery and Longford Castle, a new style of relationship’’. This will be of particular interest to those who visited Longford at the beginning of September, but will be equally fascinating as an insight into how public and private collections can interact...

£10.00

Supporters Trip to Compton Verney

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

A full day trip to Compton Verney in Warwickshire to see two contrasting exhibitions: intricate wood carvings by Grinling Gibbons and landscapes by John Nash. We will have private tours of both special exhibitions. There will be free time to explore the fascinating and varied permanent collections and, if the weather is kind, to stroll...

£65

Wordsworth at 250 by Bath Spa University Public Lectures

The Holburne Museum Holburne Museum, Bath, United Kingdom

A celebration of the 250th anniversary of the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) About this event A celebration of the 250th anniversary of the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850), whose collaboration with S. T. Coleridge, The Lyrical Ballads, was published in the West Country in 1798. This event will feature short talks by...

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