Library and Archive Tour: Women of the Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London, Marylebone
About
A guided tour through the Library and Archive of the Wallace Collection, taking place in the Library on the Lower Ground Floor. It delves into the lives of the women connected to the collection, beginning with Lady Wallace, who bequeathed the collection to the nation in 1897. Visitors learn about the first female visitors to Hertford House, from the American collector Isabella Stewart Gardner to the suffragist and art historian Lady Dilke. The tour highlights the traces these women left behind, shown through historic photographs, rare books and archival papers.
Written by a model, sources: wallacecollection.org
Venue
The Wallace Collection is in London’s Marylebone.
Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London
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