Tickets £20

30 places available

Meet at Sudley House at 11am - limited parking available on site so please car share where possible in order to limit car numbers.

Coffee/tea and cake upon arrival. Please let us know of any allergies, gluten free choice will be available.

Organiser: Gail Aubrey (contact dgmaubrey@hotmail.com or artfriendsmerseyside1@gmail.com or 07803 617648 or 0151 427 3301)

Built in 1821 Sudley was the home of George Holt, ship-owner and merchant, and houses much of his important collection of paintings, drawings and prints.

We will begin our visit with a guided tour of the house followed by a talk about the current exhibition, Home and Away.

As its title suggests Home and Away features a range of nineteenth century works of both local and foreign views.  Scenes from afar are from Holt’s own collection, a body of work that was bequeathed to the city of Liverpool in 1944 and therefore, uniquely, remains intact.

Works by Atkinson Grimshaw and Charles Trevor Prescott provide well-known local views - vibrant, bustling scenes of Bold Street and the Old Market Hall at St John’s Market; atmospheric night-time dockside scenes of the Customs House. Another highlight is Rome through the eyes of the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme considered the world’s most famous living artist during his heyday. And for a February Monday what could be more uplifting than the blue of Eduardo de Martino’sBay of Naples. 

Find out more about the exhibition and hear from the Curator Jessie Petheram here.

Image: Charles Trevor Prescott Bold Street from Waterloo Place © National Museums Liverpool, Sudley House