Last Thursday was my daughter's birthday. We had a lovely day in London starting with breakfast at My Place cafe in Soho. We both had pancakes with maple syrup, strawberries, blueberries and cream, accompanied by coffee and a mimosa cocktail - how indulgent đ
My daughter enjoys painting, and a short walk later we arrived at the Wallace Collection at Manchester Square W1. It's a national museum housing exquisite paintings, sculptures, furniture, arms and armour and porcelain, much of it in the beautiful Rococo style.
The museum is named after sir Richard Wallace who built the collection, along with the Marquesses of Hertford, in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Collection was bequeathed to the British nation by Lady Wallace in 1897, and was opened as a museum in 1900.
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| Madame de Pompadour by François Boucher |
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| Interior of Saint-Gommaire: Lierre in Belgium by David Roberts |
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| A Housewife at Work by Nicholas Maes. I thought her hair was a tad freaky! |
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The Dead Roe by Jean-Baptiste Oudry
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Some of the paintings were hung so high up it was difficult for me to reach them
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| The Arab Tale Teller by Horace Vernet. |
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| A Boy Bringing Bread by Pieter de Hooch |
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| The Lion In Love by Camille Joseph-Ătienne Roqueplan shows a scene of a lion allowing its claws to be pared after falling in love with a shepherdess so that he will not endanger her. I like this. |
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| Shepherd and Shepherdess by A.Van Der Werff |
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| Rebecca and Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert by LĂ©on Cogniet |
There's quite a story behind this one which you can read about
here
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| The Piazza San Marco Venice by R. P. Bonington |
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The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
I love this
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It's just so delicate and pretty
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| The Arab Tent by Sir Edwin Landseer |
and this one, I love the animals, especially the foal cuddling up to mum.
I bought a key ring of the Swing. I'm looking for the prints for this and The Swing.
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| Looking for the crumbs that fall from the Rich Man's Table by Sir Edwin Landseer |
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| A Highland Scene by Sir Edwin Landseer |
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| Mrs Robinson (Perdita) by Thomas Gainsborough |
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| Mrs Carnac by Joshua Reynolds |
We finished our day at Westfield shopping centre for a bit of retail therapy, followed by coffee and cake before heading home.
∼ Be safe and well∼
Polly x
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Oh, it's so fun to see these, Polly. Rick and I went to Wallace Collection, too. I'll have a post up about it eventually -- I think it will take me ages to get into week two of our holiday! I was so impressed -- it was a massive amount of art, wasn't it? Very impressed! What a wonderful thing to do with your daughter. It sounds like a terrific day!
ReplyDeleteIt was Jeanie, all of it, being with my daughter, the museum and the shopping :-)
DeleteSome very famous paintings there -- how wonderful to see them in person!
ReplyDeleteThere are Debra, it's a gem of a museum, I'm so glad my daughter suggested the visit.
DeleteIt sounds like a very lovely day out with your daughter. The paintings are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy outings with my daughter, even it it's a quick coffee.
DeleteYou and your daughter had a lovely day together. Belated happy birthday greetings to her! The paintings are splendid and so varied in style and composition.
ReplyDeleteThank you Janice. There were many more that I didn't photograph, all of them were wonderful.
DeleteSome people are so talented! Glad you had a good day.
ReplyDeleteI know. When you study the paintings they are nothing short of genius.
DeleteSuch a wonderful time together!
ReplyDeleteIt was Marie.
DeleteThat looks like a wonderful way to celebrate her birthday.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely day.
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