London Luminaries
Thirteen Virtual Lectures, Late 2021 to Early 2022
Pope’s Grotto Preservation Trust and English Heritage’s Marble Hill organised a series of twelve free virtual talks over two seasons of six talks beginning in September 2021. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the initial series.
Additionally, as part of the Richmond Literature Festival a further talk took place on 11 November about the Literary Landscape.
London Luminaries: Autumn Series
Kew Palace
George III: The Mind Behind the Myth
Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare
David Garrick: An Actor and His Time
Ham House & Garden
Wilbraham, 6th Earl of Dysart: Patron and Collector of the Arts
Chiswick House & Gardens
The Private Life of Chiswick House
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
Painters, Princes and Personalities: Soane the Entertainer at Pitzhanger
Pope’s Grotto
Poetry, Painting and Alexander Pope
London Luminaries: Winter Series
Orleans House Gallery
The People’s Collection: The Story Behind Richmond Borough’s Art Collections
Marble Hill House & Park
Capricci and Conversations: The Painting Collection at Marble Hill
Strawberry Hill House & Garden
Patron and Painter: Horace Walpole and John Giles Eccardt
Hogarth’s House
Hogarth vs Everyone
Turner’s House
J.M.W. Turner and the ‘Sister Arts’: Poetry and Painting
Boston Manor House
The Benefits of Befriending a Prince