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In 1870 Dr Thomas Barnardo opens East End London home to take vulnerable boys off the street, essentially, founding the charity now known as @barnardos #charity #history #art
Something for the weekend - see Sir John Everett Millais' 'Lorenzo and Isabella' in the Visions and Visionaries exhibition. This artwork is a stunning example of a new pre-Raphaelite style where fable and realism merge https://t.co/kJz6sjvRld
Searching for last minute gifts? Visit Visions and Visionaries and pick up the companion guide in the shop - the perfect stocking filler for art history buffs. Open 10am-5pm today. #arthistory #JohnLatham #GraysonPerry #GabrielDanteRossetti #Christmasgifts https://t.co/beTDdWhY4p
Day 2 - This is a portrait of Sir John Everett Millais’ five year old daughter Effie at her first sermon, painted in 1863. Can you guess what she is doing in the portrait of her second sermon? Find out tomorrow #12DaysOfChristmas #SeenandHeard
Less than a week to go! If you’re in London over the next few months be sure to visit our #SeenAndHeard exhibition to learn about how social and political reforms in the Victorian era were reflected in art, particularly in terms of poverty and the treatment of children #art
#DidYouKnow increased economic prosperity in the nineteenth century meant that the idea of the ‘weekend’ emerged - working families began taking day trips to the seaside and parents began to spend more time with their children #SeenAndHeard https://t.co/AlnHCrYfnI.ukseenandheard
#DidYouKnow that in the first 14 years of Queen Victoria’s 61-year reign, she gave birth to nine children. Her motherly image was part of the reason for the cultural shift in how the public perceived the role of children in society #SeenAndHeard info > https://t.co/r4xCh40CfA
#SeenAndHeard will include paintings of children by artists such as Pre-Raphaelite pioneer, John Everett Millais, and Thomas Webster RA, all casting the Victorian era in a new light, make sure to come down and take a look. Info > https://t.co/r4xCh40CfA
Today Dr Richenda Roberts explores the life and work of Evelyn De Morgan, a radical artist of the late-Victorian period and wife of ceramicist William #DeMorgan. She trained in the Pre-Raphaelite style and become one of the first female artists to attend the @SladeSchool
Exploring the basics of symmetries and the algebra that illuminates their structure https://t.co/9KWzRGTspc #DeMorgan #SublimeSymmetry