Royal Holloway’s historic Picture Gallery houses one of the first art collections in Britain intended for a women’s College - bought by an octogenarian philanthropist who made his money selling patent medicines around the world. Join Assistant Curator Imogen Tedbury to explore the hidden histories of Thomas Holloway’s picture collection.
Free entry, no need to book, all welcome. Please wait for the speaker outside the Picture Gallery (Victorian corridor entrance)
2019/10/29 13:00
2019/10/29 13:45
Europe/London
Lunchtime Talk on the College founder: medicine, history and art
Royal Holloway’s historic Picture Gallery houses one of the first art collections in Britain intended for a women’s College - bought by an octogenarian philanthropist who made his money selling patent medicines around the world. Join Assistant Curator Imogen Tedbury to explore the hidden histories of Thomas Holloway’s picture collection.
Free entry, no need to book, all welcome. Please wait for the speaker outside the Picture Gallery (Victorian corridor entrance)
Picture Gallery