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The top 10 lesser-known UK destinations that look like they are abroad

The top 10 lesser-known UK destinations that look like they are abroad Check out these hidden gems if you're looking to make the most of another summer in Britain 08:44, 18 JUL 2021 Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time.More info Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice

Necrophiliacs and dancing bears: meet the wild artists of the Society of Dilettanti

Necrophiliacs and dancing bears: meet the wild artists of the Society of Dilettanti A series of works on show at Sir John Soane’s Museum was funded by an 18th-century group who were truly mad, bad and dangerous to know 20 May 2021 • 5:00am In their cups: various members of the Society of Dilettanti (1778), as painted by Joshua Reynolds Credit: Alamy All the boisterous patrician privilege of the Bullingdon Club crossed with the artistic hunter-gatherer instincts of the Tate trustees: that was, approximately, the Society of Dilettanti, founded in 1734 by some aristocratic courtiers around Frederick, the Prince of Wales who would predecease his father, George II. They had returned reluctantly from their classical tours in Italy “desirous of encouraging at home a taste for those objects which had contributed so much to their entertainment abroad”.

Sixteenth century paintings of Lindisfarne Castle expected to fetch up to £17,500 at auction

Updated Dreweatts is offering three important paintings by Lord Frederik Leighton. The three paintings (lots 242-244) are from the private collection of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, whose family is offering the works alongside others, In Dreweatts Old Master, British and European Art sale in Newbury, Berkshire, on May 27. Cockerell (1844-1921) was a sculptor, painter and a writer. Rowing Boats on the Shores of Lindisfarne Castle by Frederic, Lord Leighton. Estimate £4,000-£6,000. One of the most influential figures in his life and career was his close friend, and later President of The Royal Academy, Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-1896). Known for his grand classical pictures such as Flaming June, Leighton also produced enigmatic plein air landscapes and the collection includes three views of the 16th century Lindisfarne Castle, on Holy Island which Leighton gave to Cockerell while staying with him nearby.

Samuel Pepys Cockerell collection to be offered for sale

Samuel Pepys Cockerell collection to be offered for sale The Arch of Titus at Rome looking towards the capital (lot 56) by Frederick Lee Bridell (1831-1863). Estimate £20,000-£30,000. LONDON .-Dreweatts will present a group of works directly from the family of the British artist Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1844-1921). The works are coming to auction for the first time since leaving the artist's family collection and will be offered in Dreweatts upcoming Old Master, British and European Art sale on May 27, 2021. The collection is led by a stunning portrait of Cockerell, by George Frederick Watts (1817-1904) one of the leading portrait and Symbolist painters of the late 19th Century, known as `England’s Michelangelo.’

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Artist Christopher Le Brun Knighted In New Year's Honours List 2020

Christopher Le Brun has been Knighted in the New Year's Honours List. Artist Michael Landy, OBE ,Denzil Forrester MBE