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Art inSight Study Tour • “Victoria & Victorians” July 9 - 19, 2017 Focus on Queen Victoria and artists prominent in the Victorian period, plus Jane Austen 200 Art History highlight: “Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity” at Leighton House Saturday, July 8: TRAVEL Sunday, July 9: ARRIVE IN LONDON at midday -- Welcome Lunch and Hotel check-in: Millennium Bailey’s, Kensington Monday, July 10: London of the Royal Academy Royal Academy (f. 1768, seat of British art establishment, including permanent collection) Leighton House: “Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity” Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s (1836 –1912) paintings brought him world renown, especially in America and England. His images of Classic Antiquity still influence directors of films such as Gladiator and Ben Hur. This international loan exhibition will be complemented by its installation at Leighton House Museum, the home and studio of the leading Victorian artist and Tadema friend, Frederic Lord Leighton (1830–96) and considered one of the finest architectural sights in London. Tuesday, July 11: Old Masters and Impressionists in Dulwich Sir John Soane (1753–1837) Museum (vast collection of architectural artifacts) Dulwich Picture Gallery (Soane, 1817, Old Masters) and Sydenham: Pissarro's suburban motifs with scholar Nicholas Reid Wednesday, July 12: Victorian High Spots Houses of Parliament (Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, 1871): art (Pre-Raphaelites) and architecture tour Albert Memorial (Gilbert Scott, 1872) and Royal Albert Hall (1871) Apsley House (1771, “No. 1, London,” townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington) Thursday, July 13: Victorian Arts Victoria & Albert Museum (1852, major collection of British art and design as presented in The Great Exhibition of 1851) FREE AFTERNOON Friday, July 14: Brighton to Portsmouth (4 nights, hotel TBA) St Peter's Church (Charles Barry, 1824), Brighton Town Hall (1830), Brighton clocktower (1888) St Bartholomew’s Church (1874), Royal Pavilion (John Nash, et al., 1816), Brighton Pier (1899) Saturday, July 15: Portsmouth Southsea Castle (1544 fortification built for Henry VIII) Mary Rose Museum (recovered flagship of Henry VIII, lost in the Solent in 1545) Dickens’ Birthplace (born here 1812) Sunday, July 16: Isle of Wight Osborne House (1845 for Victoria an Albert; Victoria’s final residence and gardens): tour and lunch Dimbola (home and studio of famed Victorian photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron) Farringford (home of Alfred Tennyson, Victoria's poet laureate) Monday, July 17: Southampton, “Gateway to the Empire” Southampton City Art Gallery (major art collection includes Edward Burne-Jones’ Perseus series) Jane Austen House Museum (Austen home 1806-09) Juniper Berry Pub (a Jane Austen site): farewell luncheon; FREE AFTERNOON Tuesday, July 18: Jane Austen Day (on the 200 th anniversary of her death) Chawton (home of Jane Austen during her productive final 8 years) Winchester Cathedral (Austen’s tomb and two memorials): cathedral tour and evensong, Austen ceremony Overnight in a Heathrow hotel for easy departures on July 19 th COST & REGISTRATION: Comprehensive fee of $4600 per person includes 10 nights’ hotels, all museum admissions, porterage; ground transportation, guides and gratuities; breakfast daily, 4 lunches; readings, commentary throughout from art historian Dr. Karen Pope Because of substantial early interest in this tour, Four Seasons Travel urges you to hold a place until December 1 with a deposit of $100. Tadema, Among the Ruins, 1902 Albert Memorial, 1872 Jane Austen £10 note Pissarro, St Stephen’s, 1871 Included: Jane Austen Society membership
