Apr 13 - London

 Apr 13 - London

More art galleries today as we visit both the Wallace and Courtauld collections. 


First port of call was to the Wallace Collection in Manchester Square.  This is a museum that houses fine arts, porcelain, and paintings, all from the 15th to 19th centuries in 20 or so galleries.  Neither of us had been here before but we should have, it was fantastic!  Two major standouts for me were the ‘The Laughing Cavalier’, by Franz Hal’s, and a collection of Canaletto paintings, mainly of Venice, they were brilliant.  To top it all of though there’s a great selection of Dutch Old Masters as well.  All up a great place to visit. 

Paid a visit to Australia House at lunchtime to see if they had any news on voting overseas. All very friendly but not much help at all really, basically “Just look it up online!”


This afternoon a visit to the Courtauld Collection which is housed in one of the buildings in Somerset House, a huge neoclassical complex overlooking both The Strand and the Thames.  



We were not quite as impressed here as this morning but still there are some great impressionist paintings in their collection, as well as quite an array of impressive religious artwork. 


Walked home late this afternoon via St James’s Park and Buckingham Palace. The Queen was home but we missed out on an invite to tea! 😁

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