Palaces & Personalities

Palaces & Personalities: England in the Age of Victoria

Dear Traveler,

Please join Museum Travel Alliance from June 18-27, 2019 on Palaces & Personalities: England in the Age of Victoria. Enjoy a private viewing of the Crown Jewels and a cocktail reception at the Tower of London. See areas of Westminster Abbey normally closed to the public. Take a curator-guided tour of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Discover Osborne House, Queen Victoria's summer palace on the Isle of Wight. We are delighted that this trip will be accompanied by Constance McPhee as our lecturer from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This trip is sponsored by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We expect this program to fill quickly. Please call the Museum Travel Alliance at (855) 533-0033 or (212) 302-3251 or email [email protected] to reserve a place on this trip. We hope you will join us. Sincerely,

Jim Friedlander President

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Dear Members and Friends of The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

Queen Victoria’s reign of more than six decades marked a period of unprecedented expansion for the British Empire and a flowering in the humanities and sciences. Much of our modern-day culture has its roots in the Victorian Age, and we still enjoy the art and literature produced by those living during her reign. Join me this summer, during the bicentennial year of Victoria’s birth, to discover the people and places of her time, from J.M.W. Turner to Charles Darwin, in the context of this rich historical period and in the company of experts.

As a scholar of 19th-century British works on paper who grew up in London, I invite you to BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB explore some of my favorite places in and around the British capital as we delve into riches of the Traveling with You Victorian era. Together we will stroll the halls of Westminster Abbey and Kensington Palace, call Constance McPhee at the historic homes of artists and patrons, and pay a visit to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s summer palace at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Our journey will be marked by behind-the- Constance McPhee (Connie) is a curator in the scenes access, including a visit to the Tower of London for a private viewing of the Crown Jewels. Department of Drawings and Prints, responsible for British and American works dating before We end our experience at Windsor, to explore its eponymous castle—the site of two recent 1900. She was co-curator of The Pre-Raphaelite royal weddings—and pay our respects to Victoria at the statue erected for her Golden Jubilee. Legacy: British Art and Design (May-October Please join me next summer on this exquisite trip to England to celebrate the life and legacy of 2014), and arranged related Museum displays the woman known as “the grandmother of Europe.” of William Morris: Textiles and Wallpapers (February–July, 2014) and Pre-Raphaelite Prints Sincerely, (April–July, 2014). She co-curated Infinite Jest: Constance McPhee Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints (September 2011-March 2012) and oversaw The Metropolitan Museum of Art the 2006 New York venue of Samuel Palmer: Vision and Landscape. She has also explored Shakespeare as a theme within the Museum collections, written related articles, and is currently building the department’s collection of British drawings towards a related exhibition. Connie grew up in London and joined the department in 2000, after earning undergraduate and graduate degrees from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.

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— Explore Kensington Palace, and enjoy a traditional afternoon tea

— Enjoy special access to areas of Westminster Abbey normally closed to the public

— Admire the Crown Jewels at a private viewing and cocktail reception in the Tower of London

— Take a curated tour of the Arts and Crafts collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum

— Visit the Isle of Wight, where Queen Victoria spent summers en famille

— Spend two nights at the luxurious Coworth Park Hotel in Ascot, where Prince Harry stayed before his wedding in Windsor Queen Victoria "Jubilee Head" proof sovereign, 1887. Medalist (obverse): Joseph Edgar Boehm (British (born Austria), Vienna 1834–1890 London). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2000 [2000.601.11]. Kirkwall

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Photos clockwise from top right: regional map; Crown Jewels, Tower of London, photo by Traveldigg; Down House, photo by Larigan; Windsor Castle, St. George's Chapel, Choir, 1663. Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923 [23.89.1]; London; Petworth, photo by Heather Cowper; Royal Guard at Windson Palace. Front cover: Kensington Palace. Back cover: Queen Victoria, 1838. Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783–1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lent by Mrs. Arthur A. Houghton Jr. [L.1993.45] (top); Osborne House, photo by David Ward (bottom). 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Following lunch, admire the excellent Arts and Continue to Brockenhurst to check into Crafts collection at the Victoria and Albert Careys Manor. B, L Museum. In the evening, see the Crown Jewels up close at a private viewing and cocktail Isle of Wight reception at the Tower of London. B, L, R Monday, June 24 Travel by ferry to the Isle of Wight to visit London / East Sussex Osborne House, Victoria and Albert’s Saturday, June 22 Italianate palace and beloved seaside retreat. Travel to East Sussex and stop at Down House, Tour formal reception rooms for heads of where Darwin worked on his scientific theories state as well as a children’s play-cottage, and wrote On the Origin of Species. The house which paint a picture of a family home that Osborne House, photo by PhilnCaz remains much as it was when Darwin lived is both grand and intimate. After the tour, there with his wife and children, and some enjoy lunch at leisure in the charming town of Departure of his experiments in natural selection are Cowes before returning to the mainland. B, D Tuesday, June 18 recreated in the greenhouse. The beautifully Depart for London on an overnight flight. restored garden, with its herbaceous borders, Ascot is an enchantment. Then continue to Standen, Tuesday, June 25 London, England designed in the 1890s by Philip Webb, a friend On the way to Ascot, stop in the city of Wednesday, June 19 of William Morris. The house is a showpiece of Winchester and explore its rich history from Arrive in London this morning and transfer the Arts and Crafts movement, and features Roman times to modernity. At Winchester to The Dorchester London. This afternoon Morris carpets, fabrics, and wallpaper, now Castle, see Alfred Gilbert’s heavily-symbolic visit Kensington Palace with an expert guide. complemented with more contemporary bronze statue of Queen Victoria, considered The palace was the birthplace of Victoria decorative details. Arrive in the late afternoon an important image of her reign. Hanging and remains home to members of the royal at 19th-century Ashdown Park, one of across from the statue is a reimagining of family, including the Duke and Duchess England’s classic country house hotels. Dinner King Arthur’s Round Table dating from the of Cambridge and Duke and Duchess of is at the hotel. B, D 13th-century. Paintwork on the surface of Sussex. Enjoy high tea at the Palace before the Round Table dates from the 16th-century paying respects to the Albert Memorial in East Sussex / Hampshire and shows King Arthur represented by Kensington Park. This evening is at leisure for Sunday, June 23 Henry VIII, complete with the Tudor rose. individual pursuits. T Following a morning lecture, check out of the After lunch, continue to Ascot and check hotel and enjoy a Sunday lunch in the country. in to luxurious Coworth Park for a two- London Stop at Petworth, a vast 17th-century mansion night stay. B, L Thursday, June 20 Begin the day with an introductory lecture BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB before touring the incomparable Westminster More Travels with The Met Abbey, where monarchs have been crowned since William the Conqueror in the 11th- High Art in the Low Countries Aboard Magnifique III May 17–25, 2019 century. Enjoy special access to parts of Southern Charms: Art & Architecture of Charleston May 19–23, 2019 the Abbey normally closed to the public. Continue to the newly renovated National Undiscovered Greek Islands Aboard Sea Cloud July 21–29, 2019 Portrait Gallery to see portraits of Victoria, Albert, and other notable persons of their Ireland's Historic Homes & Glorious Gardens September 16–24, 2019 time, as well as works by the Pre-Raphaelite For details, please go to metmuseum.org/travel Brotherhood. Gather this evening for dinner in town. B, D BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Windsor Windsor / Return Wednesday, June 26 Thursday, June 27 This morning, tour Windsor Castle, still a Depart the hotel this morning for the flight royal residence and the site of important home. Alternatively, extra nights can be ceremonial occasions. Queen Victoria spent arranged at a London hotel for those who wish much of her time at the castle, and the State to remain in town for London Art Week, which Apartments are furnished with decorative arts begins the following day. B from this period. Explore the charming town of Windsor, situated on the River Thames, and visit the statue of Queen Victoria that was erected to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. Return to the hotel to enjoy its splendid This itinerary is subject to change at the discretion of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Arrangements Abroad. amenities before toasting to an enriching For complete details, please carefully read the terms and journey at our farewell dinner. B, D conditions at www.arrangementsabroad.com/terms. Windsor Castle

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