Loan Exhibition: Henry VIII: the unseen tapestries – A Celebrated Success!
This small but remarkable loan exhibition showcased rare and previously unseen, as well as rediscovered, tapestries from the tapestry collection of the king. The rediscovered monumental “Burning of the Books” tapestry had been commissioned by Henry and was delivered to Hampton Court Palace in 1538. The “Lord Russell Order of the Garter” tapestry. “Romulus and […]
This small but remarkable loan exhibition showcased rare and previously unseen, as well as rediscovered, tapestries from the tapestry collection of the king.
The rediscovered monumental “Burning of the Books” tapestry had been commissioned by Henry and was delivered to Hampton Court Palace in 1538.
The “Lord Russell Order of the Garter” tapestry.
“Romulus and Remus” a tapestry from Greenwich Palace.
DATE:
1st – 19th October
VIEWING:
Weekdays 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 11.00am – 4.00pm
Further details can be found in our Exhibition section, scroll down.
FRANSES ARCHIVE LECTURE
To coincide with the exhibition, Dr Thomas P Campbell, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and an authority on renaissance tapestry gave a lecture “The Art of Majesty: Henry VIII’s Tapestry Collection” at the Royal Academy of Arts on Saturday 6 October 2018. The lecture is currently being prepared for online access – it is hoped it will become available by the end of this year.
Saint Paul Directing the Burning of the Heathen Books at Ephesus