2009 Festival: National Portrait Gallery lunchtime lecture – The Capable Mr Brown
Take a deep breath of fresh, country air as Russell Bowes invites you to explore the life and works of England’s most famous gardener – Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
Thursday 30th April 2009
As well as looking at Brown’s work, Russell looks at the man behind the gardens, discusses who Brown was and who his patrons and friends were, as well as detailing cultural, social and political changes in England which inspired a move away from the detailed, fussy gardens of the seventeenth century to rolling parkland and open space. Free on a first come, first served basis. (NB: places limted to 150) For more information please visit www.npg.org.uk
date: 30 April 2009 time: 13:15 – 14:00 cost: free on a first come, first served basis (but places are limited to 150) location: The National Portrait Gallery, London WC2H 0HE tel: 020 7306 0055 website: www.npg.org.uk
