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It may be because of his reserved nature that Staff at the City Museum and Art Gallery are organising a range of events connected to the Eastlake is not remembered as much as he exhibition, including lunchtime talks and family-friendly holiday workshops. INTRODUCING deserves to be. Apart from securing more Visit www.plymouth.gov.uk/museumeastlake to stay up to date with what’s on offer! than 150 paintings for the nation, Eastlake was a key figure in helping the public gain like to i uld ntro a better understanding of the history of wo d uc WALKING TRAILS e e EASTLAKE western art. Through detailed catalogues, W THE simpler ways of picture display, and the Thursday 20th September 2012: : BRITISH ART’S PUBLIC SERVANT introduction of labels enabling free access to Grand Art History Freshers Tour information, Eastlake gave the us public art. YOUNG EXPLAINERS A chance for Art History Freshers to make friends as well as see what lmost 150 years after his Article: Laura Hughes the Museum and the Young Explainers death, the name of Sir Charles Children’s Actities / Map: Joanne Lees have to offer. The tour will focus on UNLOCKING EASTLAKE’S PLYMOUTH Eastlake has failed to live up to Editor: Charlotte Slater Eastlake, and Plymouth. the celebrity of his legacy. Designer: Sarah Stagg A Illustrator (front): Alex Hancock Saturday 3rd November 2012: Even in his hometown of Plymouth, blank faces During Eastlake’s lifetime his home city Illustrator (inside): Abi Hodgson Lorente Eastlake’s Plymouth: usually meet the question: “Who is Sir Charles of Plymouth dramatically altered as it A Family Adventure Through Time Eastlake?” Yet this cultural heavyweight was transformed itself from an ancient dockland Alice Knight Starting at the Museum with interactive acknowledged to be one of the ablest men of to a modern 19th century metropolis. Chris Ratcliffe characters and child friendly activities. his time. Not only did he carve out a career as Francesca Didymus a distinguished artist, collector, writer and At the beginning of the 1800s Plymouth’s old Jamie Ruers A brief version of the tours, booking details connoisseur, he was almost single-handedly town had a population of 19,000. By 1851 Kerry Messam and a downloadable map can be found responsible for the growth of British Art this figure had more than doubled. There was Kirsty Munro online at: Kirsty Weeks History, management and promotion, whilst a serious shortage of housing with an average www.plymouth.gov.uk/ Lauren Way juggling several of the most important positions number of ten people living under one roof. museumspecialevents Lizzie Hill in the Art World. These cramped conditions meant epidemics Rachael Morris were rife, with two cholera outbreaks in 1832 Scan these codes with your smart phone Rosamond King Allowing you to visit our blog and the City Eastlake was inspired to become a painter and 1849, killing almost 3,000 citizens. Sarah Hodge during his attendance at Plympton Grammar Victoria Smith Museum and Art Gallery website: School. This school is described by many Smuggling was also widespread and at the Xia Yu as the birthplace of British Art thanks to beginning of the 19th Century it was reported < Blog Eastlake’s fellow pupils, the famed artists Sir that each year more brandy and rum was With special thanks to: and . smuggled into Devon than was imported Sara Norrish - Programme Leader His accomplishments as the Director of the legally into . Sailors, discharged in All staff at the City Museum and Art Gallery Museum > and President of the Royal Plymouth following the Napoleonic Wars, Academy often overshadow his skill as an were signed up by the smuggling gangs. Please visit our blog: artist, however, Eastlake’s pictures should also Customs workers, whose wages were solely be praised. dependent on custom charges they placed on http://youngexplainers1.wordpress.com/ ships, were more likely to take profitable bribes A weekly online update with the team’s activities and discoveries along the way Eastlake’s lasting reputation is that of the than turn in those involved in illegal trade. typical Victorian gentleman; disciplined, knowledgeable, tactful and universally respected Around 1832, the effects of the industrial by grand society, royalty and the public alike. revolution finally began to show, with the ART BITES streets lit by gas and regular horse drawn The plaque is buses running. The biggest change however, Wednesday 10th October 2012: Eastlake’s Scholarly and Artistic Achievements situated on the came in 1848 when the railway finally Wednesday 31st October 2012: Eastlake and Napoleon middle of the reached Plymouth. By the end of the Wednesday 21st November 2012: Eastlake and the Gallery Revolution brick wall which century four public parks, a public library, Wednesday 5th December 2012: Eastlake, Plymouth and his Circle surrounds the old an aquarium and a museum had opened. grammar school These are FREE to attend, however you will need to book your place in advance. in Plympton, St For bookings or more information: 01752 304774 Maurice just Sir ... Full details are available from: www.plymouth.gov.uk/museumartbites off Fore Street. The Nation Salutes You [Photo courtesy: Francesca Didymus] (1793-1865) [There will be 2-3 minute MP3 versions of all the above available online for those not able to attend] 1. Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is where Girardet’s painting ‘Napoleon on HMS 2. Bellerophon in Plymouth This street was Sound’ is stored. Charles named to remember all of Eastlake and others also Eastlake’s great achievements painted Napoleon whilst both as a painter and for in the Sound. collecting many of the National Gallery’s art works in London.

3. From here, look right. At the end of this road (near Toys ‘R’ Us) is where Eastlake’s father worked as a lawyer. This is also where the Bowden Gallery was located and where Charles Eastlake’s ‘Napoleon on the Bellerophon’ painting was exhibited. in 1816.

4. Eastlake’s HMS Bellerophon was floating near Plymouth Breakwater (the stone wall out Family in the sea) when Charles Eastlake rowed out to sketch the boat. Napoleon was imprisoned on this Adventure boat before being exiled. Every day people rowed out to see him Map as he was such a celebrity. UNLOCKING EASTLAKE UNLOCKING EASTLAKE

How to make Napoleon’s Bicorn Hat and Eastlake’s Top Hat! The Ultimate Eastlake Activities Step back into the 19th Century and have a go at making one of our featured hats to wear on the ‘Family Adventure Through Time’ event.

Art historians work like detectives when they research- Bicorn Hat Materials For Both Top Hat Materials like Eastlake tracking down paintings for his collections. Measuring Tape Stapler 1 Plate A Page of Newspaper Pencil Black Marker/Paint Can you be a detective too Scissors and find all of the words? 4 Pages of Black Card Hole Punch String/Ribbon/Wool Embellishments to decorate

Just log on to: http://youngexplainers1.wordpress.com/activities/ and click on the images for a full set of instructions. Academy Administrator Collector Can you unlock the secrets about Sir Charles Eastlake to find the code word? Conservator Write your code word on the tear off strip (found on the back page of this zine) and hand it in Eastlake to the staff at the Welcome Desk at the City Museum and Art Gallery to enter our prize draw! Gallery Haydon Innovator 1 Johns Napoleon 2 National Painter Plymouth 3 Prout All answers can be Reynolds 4 found in the Royal ‘In Pursuit of Art: Turner 5 Charles Eastlake’s Victorian Journey from Plymouth to the National 6 Gallery at Plymouth City Museum 7 and Art Gallery.

8 (22nd September to 15th Hunt down your December 2012) favourite painting in the exhibition and using your best analysing skills, 1. Who did Charles Eastlake receive his art education from? – Benjamin Haydon and Samuel … draw it in the frame 2. What type of painting did Charles Eastlake find most interesting but was unable to do on the right, for because of an eye complaint? visual evidence. 3. What was founded in May 1824 to provide an educational resource for artists? – The National … 4. Charles Eastlake abandoned his career as an artist in 1855 when he became the first Director of the Royal … 5. Charles Eastlake experimented with the …. of the walls to suit the pictures hung on them. 6. In 1841 Charles Eastlake was responsible for finding artists to paint …. in the new Houses Now show your friends! of Parliament. 7. What had Lady Eastlake hoped to make her living as? 8. Where did Charles Eastlake come in the list of Presidents for the Royal Academy? UNLOCKING EASTLAKE

MINGULAY BOAT SONG

CHORUS Heel ya ho boys, let her go boys. Heave her head round to the weather. Heel ya ho boys, let her go, boys. Sailing homeward to Mingulay. This sea shanty was written by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952) in the 1930s What care we though white the Minch is, and will be performed by the scurvy seadogs ‘Tobacco Road’ at Smeaton’s What care we boys, the wind and the weather. Tower, Plymouth on 03/11/2012 When we know that every inch is, during the Eastlake walking tour, ‘A Family Adventure Through Time’ Closer homeward to Mingulay. CHORUS For more information about this event and to book it please contact the What care we though white the Minch is, City Museum and Art Gallery. What care we boys, the wind and the weather. When we know that every inch is, Closer homeward to Mingulay. CHORUS

Competition Slip Your code word:

Name/Age: Telephone Number: Email: Have you visited Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery before? Have you learnt anything new and exciting about Sir Charles Eastlake? .. if so, please tell us more!

Thank you and good luck!