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SUMMARY:WILLIAM KENT AND THE GRAND TOUR
DESCRIPTION:Thu 7 May 2026\, 10:15am-11:15am OR 11:30am-12:30pm\n\n\n\n\nAt the Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn Exclusive Event for Members of the Ashmolean \nTickets are £25 each\, or £55 each when combined with the afternoon Coach trip to Rousham House & Gardens \nChoose between two morning visits to the Western Art Print Room \nBooking is essential. Book below \n\nWith Anna Steven\, Gallery Guide and lecturer at the Ashmolean Museum \nJoin Anna for this special opportunity to view original prints and drawings by the English architect\, painter and designer William Kent (1684-1748) and his contemporaries. \nKent’s time in Italy was crucial for his development as an artist\, and the landscape gardens he designed at Rousham are filled with multi-layered references to the Grand Tour. He believed that landscape should be viewed as a painting\, by leaping the fence and seeing all nature as a garden. \nDuring this visit to the Western Art Print Room we will reveal the layers\, through rarely seen images\, that reflect the design process of William Kent\, who is known as a pioneer of the New English style of landscape\, or the informal English garden. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nPortrait of William Kent\, John William Cook after William Aikman\, 1827\, stipple on wove paper\, WAHP44493.1 \n\n\n\n\n\n \nA ruin caprice with Roman antiquities\, Marco Ricci\, 1710-1725\, bodycolour on laid paper\, WA1951.131 \n\n\n\n\n\n \nElevation of a country house\, probably Devonshire House\, William Kent\, 1726\, pen and ink with grey wash over indications in graphite\, WA1943.128 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOKING\nTickets are £25 each\, or £55 each when combined with the afternoon Coach trip to Rousham House & Gardens \nTickets are only available to Members of the Ashmolean \nBags and coats can be stored within the Western Art Print Room during this visit
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LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:WILLIAM KENT AND THE GRAND TOUR
DESCRIPTION:Thu 7 May 2026\, 10:15am-11:15am OR 11:30am-12:30pm\n\n\n\n\nAt the Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn Exclusive Event for Members of the Ashmolean \nTickets are £25 each\, or £55 each when combined with the afternoon Coach trip to Rousham House & Gardens \nChoose between two morning visits to the Western Art Print Room \nBooking is essential. Book below \n\nWith Anna Steven\, Gallery Guide and lecturer at the Ashmolean Museum \nJoin Anna for this special opportunity to view original prints and drawings by the English architect\, painter and designer William Kent (1684-1748) and his contemporaries. \nKent’s time in Italy was crucial for his development as an artist\, and the landscape gardens he designed at Rousham are filled with multi-layered references to the Grand Tour. He believed that landscape should be viewed as a painting\, by leaping the fence and seeing all nature as a garden. \nDuring this visit to the Western Art Print Room we will reveal the layers\, through rarely seen images\, that reflect the design process of William Kent\, who is known as a pioneer of the New English style of landscape\, or the informal English garden. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nPortrait of William Kent\, John William Cook after William Aikman\, 1827\, stipple on wove paper\, WAHP44493.1 \n\n\n\n\n\n \nA ruin caprice with Roman antiquities\, Marco Ricci\, 1710-1725\, bodycolour on laid paper\, WA1951.131 \n\n\n\n\n\n \nElevation of a country house\, probably Devonshire House\, William Kent\, 1726\, pen and ink with grey wash over indications in graphite\, WA1943.128 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOKING\nTickets are £25 each\, or £55 each when combined with the afternoon Coach trip to Rousham House & Gardens \nTickets are only available to Members of the Ashmolean \nBags and coats can be stored within the Western Art Print Room during this visit
URL:https://oxfordtouristinformation.com/event/william-kent-and-the-grand-tour/2026-05-07/2/
LOCATION:Ashmolean Museum\, Beaumont Street\, Oxford\, England\, OX1 2PH\, United Kingdom
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