# museumfromhome dougiedraws watercolour abingdon collection centralscotland northwest

So interesting to see how changing fashions alter the portrayal of gods/godesses through the centuries. In a clockwise direction here is Circe from the 1600s (Grosvenor Museum), 1700s (Waddesdon Manor), 1800s(ours) & 1900s(Glasgow Museums Resource Centre_.

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2020-05-07

Another choice by curator, Kat, is Sir Joshua Reynold's 'Lady Bampfylde' (1776-77) held at the .

We have a mezzotint engraving by Thomas Watson of the same image, apparently so sought-after they turned Lady Bampfylde into an 18thC pin-up!

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2020-05-07

For this week's Vicky has chosen Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse - a beautiful but sad mythological springtime - here's hoping for a much happier summer in reality! https://t.co/sUbau3lsC6

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2020-04-30

Browsing for more 🧅 and discovered this Ralph Pratt really knew his...

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2020-04-30

Today's from is Spring Time! Gloxinias and Fuschias by JD Fergusson has been recreated for and it's giving us that springtime feeling. Lush💐

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2020-04-30

Today we're taking part in 's 🏦🖼️🎨 Our first choice is this lovely of Lacy's Court, by J.M.W. Turner from
https://t.co/vYK13bRzsv

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2020-04-16

Compositional perfection from respected former Head of Painting and Gray's School of Art alumnus Alexander Fraser RSA. Respect.
One hundred percent adore the Cuckoo Coat

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2020-04-15

Unmistakably sublime colour and drawing by Gray's School of Art alumnus Joe Fan RSA in the Aberdeen Art Gallery collection. ARMS FULL OF MEMORIES by the Aberdeen based artist offers memories and gifts us delight . Another of our

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2020-04-14

Not forgetting our northerly island neighbours Here's Between the Showers, Fair Isle by Orkney's Stanley Cursiter for anyone who's missing seeing the sea

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2020-04-14

For Midlands we choose 'Lord Leycester Tower, Kenilworth Castle' by Thomas Baker, 1862, in the collection. It's a romantic view of one we're sure many of us are looking forward to seeing again soon.

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2020-04-09

One of our favourite WBGs in has to be 's Rocks, St Mary's, Scilly Isles. Painted in 1953, the work reflects the abstractions of landforms seen in her Glacier paintings of the same period.

https://t.co/2tC6Ochu2j

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2020-04-08

Taking part today in the with museums and galleries across central Scotland.
Our first pick is Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh by Elizabeth V. Blackadder at City Art Centre. © the artist / Bridgeman Images.

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2020-04-08

Our final one for is Low Tide by Dorothea Sharpe from Touchstones Rochdale https://t.co/BBT4lP5VBh. We can all look forward to a time when it is safe to be in groups at the seaside with our kids again. Look after yourselves...

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2020-04-04

We've been planning to bring the North West's Spencelayhs together for a long time but now seems like the perfect opportunity!!

Here's Smile (c.1932), Table d'hôte with Music (c.1943) and His Favorite (c.1933)

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2020-04-03

Shannon, our student placement from , has chosen to share this Female Nude by Evelyn Gibbs (1905–1991) from collection for the "'I'm so in love with this piece. The colours & the softness make it breathtakingly beautiful!"

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2020-04-03

Enjoy art from around the UK without leaving you sofa with We’ve been taking part in their and enjoying the Pre-Raphaelite collection at , particularly this glorious Rossetti: https://t.co/bFDndmApLB👩‍🦰🖼✨

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2020-04-03

I've always loved this painting of a Lake District Landscape by Kurt Schwitters at Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal. James Arnold, History Curator.

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2020-04-03

For our we pick this portrait of Eva Lutyens (1908) by Glyn Philpot from . Sharp in not only style but of mind and we love her for it.

Our curator Amanda wrote about her in 2016 right here on the website too!
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https://t.co/4UlIgc3QBE

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2020-04-03

Mercier's sweet Anne Fairfax as a shepherdess for his Careless Husband thx for both

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2020-04-03