The Wallace Collection

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 😋

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.

 

A lot of the paintings were hung so high up it was difficult for me to reach them

   

A Housewife at Work. I thought this was a tad freaky.

I love these, The Swing, it's just so delicate and pretty

and The Arab Tent, 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.

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