Join us for a day exploring Regency Bath through the eyes of the satirist and artist Thomas Rowlandson, the portrait painter Sir Thomas Lawrence and the novelist Jane Austen. Rowlandson was a prolific chronicler of the sillier side of life in Georgian England, bringing to life the bustling spa town. Lawrence arrived in Bath with his family when he was 11 and used his astonishing talent to create pastel portraits of the town’s fashionable residents. We will also shop alongside Austen who wrote in Northanger Abbey, “Bath is a charming place, sir; there are so many good shops here. One can step out of doors and get a thing in five minutes”.
Amina Wright has three decades of experience as a curator of historic art collections and exhibitions. She has produced several major exhibitions on 18th century British Art and Old Masters and published and lectured widely in these areas. As Senior Curator at the Holburne Museum in Bath she was a leading member of the team that delivered the museum’s highly successful 2011 redevelopment.
The venue will be Croscombe Village Hall and the day will run from 10am - 3pm approx.
More information as to how to sign up will be available nearer the time.