2009 August 4 tags: Lord Tennyson, Pre-Raphaelite, Victorian Galleries, victorian rooms by sadiepaige This is one of the familiar short phrases penned by Lord Alfred Tennyson, a Poet Laureate for the United Kingdom, who was born 200 years ago this week, on 6 August 1809. (more…)

27/07/2009 tags: Portraits, summer 2009, Victorian events, Wolverhampton by jopenn

There was a great turn out last Saturday at The Mander Centre of people having their Victorian style portraits taken, thank you to all those who took part and came this Saturday 25th July to collect their images. There are some fantastic photos, most of them have been uploaded to our Flickr with more being uploaded shortly. If you didn’t collect your photo on Saturday, don’t panic! We will hold onto these images here at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, so you can request to have your image by calling the Marketing team on 01902 552040. (more…)

22/07/2009 tags: Paper dolls, Victorian toys by jopenn This image is not permitted for downloading. Image © 2000 Denise Van Patten.

This Saturday 25th July at Bantock House Museum, be inspired by the dolls on display in the Victorian Rooms to create your very own Victorian style paper dolls. In light of this, I was intrigued to know more about these make-your-own style toys, so I thought I would do some research into them to find out some more information. (more…)