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SUMMARY:: Sudley House: Home and Away
DESCRIPTION:Home and Away: 30 September 2020 - TBC               
                                                  
 \n\nSudley House will feature the new exhibition Home and Away\, opening
  with the venue on 30 September featuring oil paintings of both foreign a
 nd local views. The foreign views all come from George Holt’s collection
 \, housed at Sudley and inspired by his family’s interest in travel. The
 re will also be a range of views of Liverpool and the local area in the 19
  th century from the period in which the Holts lived at Sudley. The ‘hom
 e’ views largely come from the Walker Art Gallery’s collection. The di
 splay will include two works by John Atkinson Grimshaw as well as Jean-Lé
 on Gérôme\, Thomas Creswick\, Frederick Goodall\, Charles Trevor Prescot
 t and Eduardo de Martino.\n\nHolt began collecting around the late 1860s\;
  by 1884 when the family moved to Sudley he already had over 200 paintings
 \, drawings and prints. The display gives us a view into the collecting h
 abits of a group of Liverpool merchants who purchased British paintings in
  the second half of the 19 th century. Holt’s is the only collection to 
 survive intact\, thanks to his daughter Emma who bequeathed it to the city
  of Liverpool in 1944\n\nJessie Petheram\, curator of Home and Away said: 
 “We’re delighted to have been able to bring this group of paintings to
 gether at Sudley House. The exhibition is a wonderful chance for visitors 
 to Sudley to get a greater understanding of the global\, social and visual
  culture surrounding the Holt family. The John Atkinson Grimshaw and Charl
 es Trevor Prescott views of Liverpool are perennially popular\, with anoth
 er highlight being a study by the important French artist Jean-Léon Gér
 ôme (1824-1904) for ‘Circus Maximus\, Rome’. The finished work is in 
 the Art Institute of Chicago.\n\n“Holt mainly seems to have collected Br
 itish artists\, but Gérôme is an exception. He was considered the world
 ’s most famous living artist during his heyday\, frequently painting sce
 nes of Greek mythology\, ancient history and Orientalism.”\n\nThe displa
 y shows the visual culture on offer to the Holt family\, both in paintings
  and in their daily lives. It also shows that 19th century Britain freque
 ntly looked outwards and as a  wealthy merchant and owner of Sudley House
 \, George Holt surrounded himself with art that demonstrated his involveme
 nt in this global context.  Many societally held views were complex and t
 roubling and viewed through the eyes of the British Empire.  \n\nNML is c
 ommitted to becoming more transparent about the origins of its collections
 . The labels that accompany some of the paintings in Home and Away detai
 l how many of the buildings and areas of the city are strongly associated 
 with Liverpool’s involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. An exampl
 e is the Town Hall which appears in two paintings on display. The building
  has carvings on the exterior which depict African people alongside elepha
 nts. This is a reference to the wealth Liverpool obtained from the African
  continent through the exploitation of its people and resources. It is als
 o noted that Bold Street\, painted by Charles Trevor Prescott\, was named 
 after the prominent slave trader Jonas Bold. \n\nAdditional venue informa
 tion:\n\nIn line with being COVID-secure\, NML has implemented changes to 
 offer a safe and enjoyable visit for all\, including pre-booked timed entr
 y\, mandatory face coverings for visitors\, enhanced cleaning protocols an
 d social distancing measures. These measures are in operation across all 
 NML venues for the safety\, comfort and reassurance of visitors and staff.
 \n\nFor further information\, please see the FAQs available at https://ww
 w.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/reopening \n\nExhibitions are free\, but we inv
 ite visitors to make donations where they can. This support is vital in he
 lping to fund the extensive work we do\, allowing us to continue to educat
 e\, research\, conserve and make our collections accessible to all.
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