Richmond January What's On
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19 January
A Slice of Eel Pie - boatyards & bands, artists
and inventors
The National Archives
Eel Pie Island in central Twickenham - from rock
royalty to French nobility, artisan boatbuilders to
self-taught inventors, colourful entrepreneurs to
famous authors, all have at some point found
themselves on this tiny island. www.kewsociety.org
19 January
The People's Collection: The Story behind Richmond
Orleans House Gallery
Marble Hill House
This talk will seek to answer the questions: who were
the people (luminaries) behind the creation of the
collection, why was it formed and what is their legacy?
www.londonluminaries.com
19 January
Art of the Still Life
Online
From humble origins as the lowest of the genres,
still-life became the subject of some of the most
beautiful, exciting, innovative and astonishing works
in the history of art. www.richmondartsociety.com
20 January
Capricci and Conversations. The painting
collection at Marble Hill
Online
The painting collection formed by Marble Hill's first
owner, Henrietta Howard, was relatively modest.
Henrietta only owned 34 paintings including 5
'capricci', fanciful views of Rome by Giovanni
Paolo Panini. www.londonluminaries.com
Marble Hill House
A Slice of Eel Pie Island