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Oxford Ceramics Group: Inaugural online lecture (Tuesday 7 July 2020)

The Oxford Ceramics Group invites you to its inaugural online lecture Vasemania at the Huntington: The Chelsea Vases Anne Anderson Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 18:30 (BST) Over the course of barely three years Joseph Duveen was able to amass a mega collection of Chelsea vases for Henry Edwards Huntington.  But why did Huntington want them … Continue reading Oxford Ceramics Group: Inaugural online lecture (Tuesday 7 July 2020)

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LECTURE: Raiding The Past: Furniture For The Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1800-1865 (28 June 2020, Online)

The Furniture History Society invites you to its second free online lecture: RAIDING THE PAST: FURNITURE FOR THE ANGLO-GALLIC INTERIOR, 1800-1865 Dr Diana Davis Sunday, 28 June 2020, 19.00 (BST) The Green Drawing Room of the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury, by William Henry Hunt, 1823 (Thaw Collection, Copper Hewitt Museum, New York), acc. no. … Continue reading LECTURE: Raiding The Past: Furniture For The Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1800-1865 (28 June 2020, Online)

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SHC Online Lecture: Jewish British Art Collectors

The Society for the History of Collecting Invites you to its inaugural online lecture Jewish British Art Collectors Charles Sebag-Montefiore Thursday 2 July 2020 at 6.30 pm This illustrated lecture [to be delivered via Zoom] will explore almost 250 years of Jewish collecting in Britain, from the opening of Bevis Marks Synagogue in 1701 to the start of World War … Continue reading SHC Online Lecture: Jewish British Art Collectors

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Collecting and Display Seminar: The India Museum Revisited: the East India Company and its Collections (2 December 2019, Senate House)

Collecting and Display Seminar Monday 2 December 2019 at 6pm Pollard Room, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House   In its day the India Museum formed the most important collection of oriental material in London. Far from being a celebration of Empire, the collections were conceived with utilitarian and scientific aims, with a view to … Continue reading Collecting and Display Seminar: The India Museum Revisited: the East India Company and its Collections (2 December 2019, Senate House)