I will definately be going, date to be decided but will give a report once done.
I'll also have a peak at the exhibition catalogue and let people know whether it worth getting or not. Rachel On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Linda Walton <linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > A new exhibition opens tomorrow in London at The Wallace Collection: > > The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe > http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/93 > > It runs from Thursday 17th May, 2012 to Sunday 16th September, 2012. > > The web page has a detailed description of the goodies on display and their > context, and it might be worth looking out for coverage in the media soon. > > Also, I've heard that one of the portraits will be "The Laughing Cavalier" > (1624) by Frans Hals. If you go to > > http://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org:8080/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=64959 > > there is a a description and a photo, and if you click on the photo a > separate window opens, showing an enlargement in which you can see in detail > his lace, and his silk costume with all its symbols of love. > > If anyone happens to be in London and visits this exhibition, perhaps they'd > tell us more about it? > > Linda Walton, > (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
