J.M.W. Turner’s modest retreat, Sandycombe Lodge, near Twickenham, placed him close to an excellent source of food, the river Thames. Turner, who loved fishing, made the most of this, and captured some of the elements in his paintings.
When Marble Hill was built in the late 1720s, tea was the most fashionable refreshment in England. For Marble Hill’s first owner, Henrietta Howard, taking tea was not only an important part of her daily routine, it also provided opportunities for socialising, and for indulging her great passion for porcelain.
A glimpse into the gastronomic delights of Garrick’s closest acquaintances.
Jonathan Roson from the art collective Alice in Hackneyland talks about his work, ‘The Fluorescent Banquet’, which was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate 300 years of the Octagon Room.
The work and Jonathan’s talk explore centuries of feasting at Orleans House Gallery, the complex relationships entwined within its history, and its significance today.
Horace Walpole famously described his house at Strawberry Hill as his “little gothic castle” and, following the success of his novel, ‘The Castle of Otranto’, for the second edition he added the subheading “A Gothic Story” to the title – thus the literary genre of the Gothic novel began.