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Don't worry if you haven't got your #HalloweenCostume yet. Our collections are full of plenty of #WickedWhitworth ideas for you. Here is a preparatory drawing by Walter Crane for The Beauty and the Beast, C.1874. Do you think the Beast said #TrickorTreat? https://t.co/bStVOEOauI
CLOSING SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST: Prints of Darkness: #Goya and #Hogarth in a time of European Turmoil.
The first exhibition to show Goya and Hogarth's work together, and providing a unique opportunity to compare their extraordinary graphic work. More info: https://t.co/LO3ogGf4g5
ON NOW: Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil. This exhibition - the first to show #Goya and #Hogarth’s works together - features a hundred prints selected from the stellar collections of the Whitworth and @mcrartgallery https://t.co/rQackPqEDC
ON NOW: Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil. This exhibition - the first to show #Goya and #Hogarth’s works together - features a hundred prints selected from the stellar collections of the Whitworth and @mcrartgallery https://t.co/rQackPqEDC
Thinking of redecorating the home this New Year? Come and be inspired by our collection of wallpapers in our exhibition, Bodies of Colour: Breaking with stereotypes in the wallpaper collection. Wallpapers that make you think: What does my home say about me?
WE'RE OPEN AS USUAL: Escape the Christmas crowds this weekend with our range of exciting temporary exhibitions, including #IslamicTextiles, @kentridge_art, @AliceKettle & #Goya/Hogarth from our collection.
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It's day 15 of our #CollectionsCountdowntoChristmas. We're taking a look at Lucienne Day's floral textile design, Poinsetta, made for Heal's in 1966 @Robin_Lucienne.
#CollectionsCountdowntoChristmas Day 7:
Clare Leighton's woodcut 'Cutting' (1931) shows two men felling a massive evergreen tree. In this print the artist beautifully captures the contrast between the saw's sharp teeth & the amorphous quality of the snow. https://t.co/fdyw0VmWTW
For day 3 of our #CollectionsCountdowntoChristmas, here's #WalterCrane's pencil and watercolour illustration from 'Black Books' Series: 'but "who's afraid?" says the robin who has come on a visit.' https://t.co/lYNXWZkP0c
Happy Birthday to William Blake #bornonthisday in 1757! 'The Ancient of Days', from our collection, was first painted by Blake in 1794. He repeatedly returned to it, redrawing & repainting it for the rest of his life. This one was coloured by Blake just before his death in 1827.