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Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill
Opens: 06/03/2010 Closes: 04/07/2010
V&A, London
This exhibition is dedicated to the 18th-century collector Horace Walpole and his grand residence, Strawberry Hill. It recreates some of the rooms of the Georgian gothic revival house, and it surveys Walpole's hefty collection, which happens to include paintings by Joshua Reynolds and a lock of Mary Tudor's hair.
For more information visit: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/furniture/walpole/exhibition/index.html Buy: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/furniture/walpole/exhibition/booking_info/index.html…Page [1]
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Financial Times“A fascinating snapshot that brings together 280 objects...” It was as a collector that Walpole wanted to be remembered and his enthusiasm spills over in every room of the exhibition...
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The Telegraph“I couldn’t have liked it more...” The designers have brilliantly evoked the atmosphere of the house, by creating a claustrophobic rabbit warren of irregularly shaped spaces...
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The Times“A fraction of his extraordinary collection...” Dr Dee's mirror will be there, King Francis I's golden armour, Walpole's huge collection of portrait miniatures, as well as his oddities, such as a lock of Mary Tudor's hair and Cardinal Wolsey's crimson hat...
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