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Pre-Raphaelite model remembered
The 150th anniversary of Elizabeth Siddal’s death is being commemorated at Highgate Cemetery on Saturday, 11 February. Lizzie Siddal was a favourite model for many of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the lover and later wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti who was overwhelmed with grief and guilt when she died at the age of 32 from an [...]
Read moreSunday 27 May 2012 Visit: The De Morgan Centre
A lifelong friend of William Morris William De Morgan, he designed tiles, stained glass and furniture for Morris & Co. from 1863 to 1872. His tiles are often based on medieval designs or Persian patterns, and he experimented with innovative glazes and firing techniques. Galleons and fish were popular motifs, as were “fantastical” birds and [...]
Read moreExhibition opportunity: Love is enough at The Mill, 7 Feb – 3 March 2012
The Friends of the William Morris Gallery together with The Mill, the new community centre at 7-11 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, E17 7HA (the old James Street library) present, Love Is Enough? An exhibition inspired by Morris’s poem of the same name. Morris wrote Love is Enough in 1872, a play that draws inspiration from an [...]
Read moreSaturday 21 April 2012 Visit: Saturday 21 April 2012
2012 is the 200th anniversary of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) an English architect and designer now best remembered as a leading protagonist of Gothic Revival. He is most famously remembered for his work in rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after they burnt down, (and incidentally the subject of [...]
Read moreSaturday 11 February 2012 Visit: Watts Gallery and Chapel
The newly opened Watts Gallery was the home of one of the greatest Victorian painters George Frederick Watts, portraitist, symbolist, landscape painter and sculptor. The Gallery’s collection is unparalleled and the cemetery chapel is stunning arts and crafts jewel. The minibus will start from the gates of the William Morris Gallery at 9.30am. Watts Gallery [...]
Read moreChristmas Party SOLD OUT
Thanks so much for everyone who bought tickets to the Christmas Party at 2 Temple Place. The party is now SOLD OUT.
Read more9 Dec: Christmas Party at 2 Temple Place
The Friends are holding a drinks and canapés fund raising reception, at 2 Temple Place. It includes a guided tours of both the exhibition and the house which takes on a magical aspect in the evening. Friday 9 December, 7-10 pm, 2 Temple Place, London WC2R 3BD. The nearest tube station, a two minute walk, [...]
Read more28 Oct 2011: Barn Dance with The Fiddlestix Ceilidh Band
The Friends of the William Morris Gallery invite you to a Barn Dance with The Fiddlestix Ceilidh Band on Friday, October 28th to raise money for the Gallery Development Project. No experience needed, there will be a Caller to talk you through the dances. The venue is Wanstead House, 21 The Green, London E11 2NT, which is [...]
Read moreWilliam Morris talk on 18th June
Saturday 18th June 2011 2.30 – 4.30 pm, Churchill Room, Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead, E11 2QR – William Morris Designer, Communist, Innovator and Utopian we investigate his life and times – A presentation by Graham Slimming popular art historian and lecturer. Wanstead & Woodford WEA. Admission £3 – pay on the door. Includes [...]
Read moreYour chance to help develop the William Morris Gallery
Most of you will already know that Waltham Forest Council has successfully bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help further develop the William Morris Gallery. This is where the Friends come in. We have all been asked to help raise the money needed to turn the dream into reality. The aim is to [...]
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