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Dulwich Picture Gallery Talk and Tour

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Date:  Saturday 14 October Time:  12:30pm Venue:  The Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, SE21 7AD Price:  £25 SCGB Members, £27.50 Non-SCGB Members, £24 Seniors Deadline:

London probably has the richest and most varied art collections of any city in the world. These collections are housed in buildings which have been at the cutting-edge of gallery design from the time of Sir John Soane's Dulwich Picture Gallery in 1812, to the hugely successful Tate Modern of our own day.   The lecture will be hosted by Geoffrey Tyack - Director of the Stanford Programme in Oxford. Geoffrey’s discussion will focus on Sir John Sloane, along with interesting facts about the collections in the gallery.   After the lecture, a light buffet with wine will be provided.   Guests will then have the opportunity to explore the permanent collection of Old Master paintings, by Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, Gainsborough and others with the added opportunity to visit the Adam Elsheimer (1578 – 1610): Devil in the Detail exhibition. Elsheimer is one of the most subtle, most original and the most influential painters in the history of art. Elsheimer was a miniaturist and a meticulous worker, his largest painting is just two feet high; his smallest a mere three inches. However, his output played a crucial part in the formation of three of the most important artists in the seventeenth century – Rubens, Rembrandt and Claude Lorrain. Dulwich is the third venue for this exhibition, which is the first ever Adam Elsheimer show in Britain. It started at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt, 17 March to 5 June 2006, and to the National Gallery of Scotland, 23 June to 3 September 2006, before coming to London.   Ticket Price: (Includes lecture, gallery entry, special exhibition & buffet/wine).   £25.00 SCGB Members £27.50 Non-SCGB Members £24.00 Seniors   BOOKING   To sign up, please click on the following link: > http://www.mollyguard.com/event/37999658 < (A new page will open up)   OR send your cheque, made payable to: The Stanford Club of Great Britain c/o 11 Charleville Circus London SE26 6NR (please send your full contact details, class and year)   TRAVEL   By road: The gallery is situated in Dulwich Village, just off the South Circular (A205). There is ample parking around the gallery. Train: Victoria to West Dulwich or London Bridge to North Dulwich Bus: P4, 3, 37     Bookings & Club Membership Info.: Contact our Events Director, Lesleyanne Hunt - lesley.hunt@stanfordalumni.org.uk

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