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Lecture Dates
Jan 25 Feb 22 Mar 22
Apr 26
May 24
Jun 28 Sep 27
Oct 25 Nov 22
Dec 13
January 25
Goya
Lecture by Douglas Skeggs
Goya Artchive
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February 22
The Romance of Nature: Early Victorian Jewellery
Lecture by
Susan M Rumfitt
Jewellery History
Antique
Jewellery or e-Bay
(at purchasers own risk)
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March 22
Vauxhall and the other
Pleasure Gardens of Georgian London
Lecture by
David Coke
Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall Society
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April 26
Visions of Paradise:
Architecture and Decorative Arts in the Islamic World
Lecture
by Sarah Searight
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Recommended reading list...
James Allan, Islamic Ceramics,
Oxford, 1991
S. Blair & J.Bloom, Art &
Architecture of Islam 1250-1800, London, 1995
R. Ettinghausen & O. Grabar, Art
& Architecture of Islam, London, 1987
A. Hourani, A History of the Arab
Peoples, London, 1991
Anne-Marie Schimmel, Calligraphy
and Islamic Culture, London,1990
Rachel Ward, Islamic Metalwork,
London, 1993
May 24
In the Spirit of Gertrude Jekyll: Her Influence on Garden Design
Lecture by
Helen McCabe
Gertrude Jekyll
Upton Grey
Jekyll Garden Visits
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June 28
Pretty Witty Nell: Mistress, Mother and
Matriarch
Lecture
by Peter Dewar
Lecture will be followed by
refreshments
Historic UK
George
Washington University - Education
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September 27
Making Sense of Modern Art
Lecture by
Valerie Woodgate
Tate
Modern
MOMA
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October 25
William De Morgan and the Arts and Crafts Movement
Lecture by
Diana Lloyd
NB This was
originally the March lecture
Arts and
Crafts Museum
Arts and Crafts
William De Morgan
Needlepoint
Charles Rupert Tiles
Victorian Web
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November 22
Masters of the Sea:
Highlights of Maritime Art
Lecture by
James Taylor
National Maritime Museum
John Stobart (Farnham
Artist)
Queen’s House
Willem van de Velde
Samuel Scott’s
British East India Company
Foundlings’
Hospital
Naval
Sayings
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December 13
O, Yes It Is! The History of Pantomime from Ancient to Modern Times
Jane Tapley
commedia dell arte
John Rich
John Rich (2)
Joey Grimaldi
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