Museum Friend Rick Domas, who is preparing for a forthcoming talk, looks at a colourful character from the art world. Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824) was a wealthy English landowner, classical scholar, connoisseur, and leading figure in the late 18th-century British art world. The British Museum is featuring work by Richard Payne Knight He is bestContinueContinue reading “Fascinating figure from the art world”
Category Archives: Looking back
Line judges out at Wimbledon
Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Friend Rick Domas looks at how a tennis tradition has disappeared. Rick will be giving a talk on July 30 to the Friends about the Watercolour collection in the Museum archives. Wimbledon is a lot like the art world. There are ‘in’ and ‘out’ players, ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ players, young players, oldContinueContinue reading “Line judges out at Wimbledon”
Chocolate Worm Cake – not a cake and no chocolate worms!
It’s World Chocolate Day! Few people would let the day pass without enjoying this historic and popular confectionary! However, in among the Horsham Museum & Art Gallery archives is this packet of Chocolate Worm Cake! Even the most fanatic chocoholic would baulk at trying this, though. There were no chocolate worms and it wasn’t aContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Worm Cake – not a cake and no chocolate worms!”
Unique rural spirit in Horsham artist’s work
Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Friend Rick Domas looks at the work of a Horsham artist whose work is part of the Museum collection. Rick will be giving a talk on July 30 to the Friends about these and other paintings in the collection. Early on in preparing for my talk ‘Watercolours in the HorshamContinueContinue reading “Unique rural spirit in Horsham artist’s work”
‘Invasion’ of Horsham in World War I
On this day (June 19) in 1915 the photo below was taken as thousands of troops marched through Horsham. This was just one group of soldiers among many that billeted in the town on their way to camps around the UK and then on to the Front. There were so many that the local paperContinueContinue reading “‘Invasion’ of Horsham in World War I”
