
Strawberry Hill House
Thomas Patch an English Artist in Florence
Join Strawberry Hill House for a series of talks as part of their In Focus display dedicated to the Italian Grand Tour, which runs until the end of July. The talks will explore the friendship between Strawberry Hill creator Horace Walpole, and the British Envoy to Florence, Horace Mann and his circle including Thomas Patch.
Other talks in The Grand Tour series
Thomas Patch (1725–82): an English Artist in Florence
By Hugh Belsey, Freelance Art Historian
Thursday 21 April 2022 at 7.30pm
"A perfect character for the stage". Sir Horace Mann, British Envoy and Cavaliere in Florence
By Dr Giulia Coco, Art historian and curator at the Italian Ministry of Culture
Thursday 12 May at 7.30pm
Cultural diplomacy in the Grand Tour between Rome, Florence and London: the role of Cardinal Alessandro Albani
By Clare Hornsby PhD, FSA, Research Fellow in Art History, The British School at Rome and member of the Centro di Studi sulla Cultura e l’Immagine di Roma
Thursday 26 May 2022 at 7.30pm
To book and for more information please visit:
www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/whats-on
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