by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 30, 2024 | Past Online Events, Uncategorized
The first annual conference of the PGECR Country House Group sponsored by Birkbeck University of London and The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) took place in the Keynes Library at Birckbeck Univerity on Friday, 1st March 2024. Speakers presented on a myriad of...
by Bridget Garza Griffin | Jan 15, 2024 | Past Online Events, Uncategorized
A private visit to Rochester House and Vine House took place on Thursday 8th February with Dr Tessa Murdoch. Remarkable survivals of city mansions, both have been restored by Robert Tucker and his partner Jonathan Wilmot and furnished with 17th and 18th century...
by Rebecca Parker | Dec 20, 2023 | Past Online Events, Uncategorized
One Tuesday 16th January the Attingham Society conducted a private visit to the exhibition ‘Holbein at The Tudor Court’ Park at The Queen’s Gallery. This tour with Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and curator of the exhibition,...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 24, 2023 | Past Online Events
Alice de Rothschild, a member of the powerful European banking dynasty, was an avid art collector and creator of spectacular gardens at her residences in England and France. Yet her legacy has been overshadowed by the men of her family. Following new research related...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 23, 2023 | Past Online Events
William Blathwayt (?1649-1717) constructed Dyrham Park between 1692 and 1704, a house and garden made to reflect his professional status, embodying his interconnected roles within political, military, and especially colonial administration. The house contained a rich...
by Rebecca Parker | Apr 22, 2023 | Past Online Events
On the basis of a selection of country-house case studies, Michael Hall asks whether current approaches in queer history and contemporary understanding of LGBTQI+ identities offer new ways of analysing the way that the National Trust relates not only to ideas of...