In a splendid interior of rather indeterminate date and location, a prophetess - or perhaps a princess - consults the future by means of a crystal ball. Although immensely accomplished in the ...

Visitors will be given the opportunity to select a People’s object over the course of the exhibition Free school visits and other learning organisations The free exhibition at World Museum is part of ...

Iconic designs by Vivienne Westwood, Mary Quant and Laura Ashley are being showcased in a new display celebrating costume, jewellery and decorative objects made by female designers. Creating Visions: ...

This painting of Emma, also known as Lady Hamilton, captures her mid-performance, playing a dancing Bacchante. Emma became famous and notorious in British artistic and society circles for these ...

Maclise came to London from Ireland in 1827. He made his reputation as a painter of often light-hearted literary subjects and also serious historical events. The climax of his career was his series of ...

Croxteth Hall, Liverpool was built around 1575. It was the home of the Molyneux Family, the Earls of Sefton. The house remained in the Molyneux family until the death of Hugh William Osbert Molyneux, ...

In uncertain times, when we all feel at least a little lost and anxious, it is sometimes comforting to look back to previous occasions when we have faced significant tests - to see that we have the ...

Percy Bysshe Shelley, the Romantic poet, drowned in 1822. His yacht was wrecked in a storm in the Gulf of Spezzia, Italy. His body was cremated and his remains later buried at the Protestant cemetery ...

Turner made several studies of Wells Cathedral when he visited it in 1795. There is a similar sketch to this watercolour in the collection of Tate Britain (no. XXVI 2). The sketch includes several ...

Solid cast copper alloy statuette of Bastet as a cat-headed women standing, wearing a long tight-fitting garment with fringed border. Standing upright with the left hand raising a now missing sistrum ...

When you arrive at the Museum of Liverpool you are greeted by a line of superlambananas near the entrance. These bold sculptures have been delighting and confusing visitors since the museum first ...

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