What'S oN - The Ashmolean Museum

5 | EXHIBITION EVENTS
We are grateful to the Elizabeth Cayzer Trust
for supporting the exhibition events programme
Exhibition Tours
60 Wednesdays, 3–3.45pm
(Wed 23 May–Wed 22 Aug)
An introduction to the highlights
of the exhibition with members
of the Ashmolean Gallery
Lecturer team. Free with price of
admission, no booking required.
Literature and the Grand Tour
With Dr Karin Kukkonen, University
of Oxford
60 Thur 24 May, 4–4.45pm
& Thur 21 Jun, 11–11.45am
Discover what Grand Tourists
read and how the Grand Tour
is reflected in literature of
the period. Free, no booking
required.
British Sign Language
Interpreted Tour
21 Fri 22 Jun, 10.30–12pm
A tour of the special exhibition.
To book contact: Jude Barrett
jude.barrett@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
01865 288 078
Session for Visually
Impaired People
21 Fri 29 Jun, 10.30–12pm
A visit to the special exhibition.
To book contact: Jude Barrett
jude.barrett@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
01865 288 078
Print Room Talk
British artists travel: a Grand
Tour through works of art on
paper
With Dr Caroline Palmer, Acting
Print Room Supervisor
21 Tue 29 May, 4.45–5.45pm
The talk is free with a suggested
donation of £5. Places limited
to 10. To book contact:
Janet Burchell: education.
service@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
01865 278 015
Lectures
Uncovering the
‘Westmorland’, step by step
With Prof José María Luzón Nogué,
Real Academia de Bellas Artes,
Madrid
HLT Thur 31 May, 2–3pm
We can reconstruct the
extraordinary story of the
‘Westmorland’ and its cargo
thanks to fascinating detective
work that began in the 1990s. In
this lecture, Prof Luzón, who led
the original research project, will
take you on the journey which
led to the rediscovery of the
ship. Free, no booking required,
spaces limited.
Marble Mania: why was
antique sculpture so
desirable?
With Dr Ruth Guilding, art
historian and curator
HLT Wed 20 Jun, 2–3pm
The ‘Westmorland’s’ cargo
included 23 crates of marble
statues, and the ship was one
of many which brought the
souvenirs of British travellers
back to London in the 1770s.
Dr Guilding explores the way
that antique sculpture was
imagined, understood and used
by collectors in England at the
time. Free, no booking required,
spaces limited.
Detail of ‘Lake Albano
from Palazzuolo’, 1777–78
John Robert Cozens
© Real Academia de Bellas
Artes de San Fernando,
Gabinete de Dibujos, Madrid
Detail of ‘A group
sketched at Rome’, 1782,
Thomas Rowlandson