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Barnard, Bishop, & Barnards – De Morgan’s most popular commission
At the end of August, we will open new exhibitions at all three De Morgan partner galleries.
Hornblotten Church – One of De Morgan’s earliest commissions, by Richard Dennis
The Tiled Reredos in St Peter’s Church,¹ Hornblotton, Somerset has often been referred to as by William De Morgan. I [...]
Alessandro Di Marco: Evelyn’s Model and Muse
This week, we are celebrating Evelyn De Morgan's drawings. Whilst she is well known as a painter, her beautiful [...]
Jane Hales: Evelyn’s Model and Muse
This week, we are celebrating Evelyn De Morgan's drawings. Whilst she is well known as a painter, her beautiful [...]
A Personal Reflection on William De Morgan’s Fish and Petal Rice Dish by Vanessa Cumper
There is nothing more I enjoy doing than sitting in a museum or gallery sketching [...]
Smartify audio tour of De Morgan exhibition tops the charts!
Smartify is the number one art app, built to guide you around museums, galleries and exhibitions. It is an [...]
Happy Floralia! By volunteer Amy Plewis
Flora (1894) by Evelyn De Morgan De Morgan clearly drew inspiration from Botticelli’s art, most strikingly in [...]
Launch of Stunning Digital Museum Visit
Although closed due to the current crisis, you can now visit the De Morgan exhibition at Cannon Hall [...]
May Morris by De Morgan volunteer, Millie
May Morris embroidering at home in Hammersmith, c.1920. Photograph- © William Morris Gallery, London Borough of Waltham Forest [...]
Jane Morris. Muse, artists’ model and friend of the De Morgans by volunteer, Vanessa Cumper
Study for The Hourglass/Portrait of Jane Morris by Evelyn De Morgan (1904-5) Born into a poor family [...]
The Two Williams – William De Morgan and William Morris
‘Mr. Morris was always coming round to get ideas from Mr. De Morgan, and would carry off his finest work. [...]
Spencer Stanhope Portrait lent by his family to Cannon Hall
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, the ‘painter of dreams’, is a central figure in our De Morgan Family. He [...]
PPE in the time of De Morgan
William De Morgan began his career as a successful novelist is 1906, after the failure of his pottery business. The [...]
The Empty Tomb – A hopeful symbol for an Easter
Life and Thought Emerging from the Tomb by Evelyn De Morgan (1893) (C) Walker Art Gallery; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/life-and-thought-emerging-from-the-tomb-97953 The [...]
Coronavirus/COVID-19 update
Artichoke Tile Panel designed for the Livadia (c. 1880), link to collection item: C_WDM_0261 The health and safety [...]