Pre-Raphaelites

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Ashmolean, Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, King Arthur, Millais, Oxford, Pre-Raphaelites, Ruskin

From the closing exhibition at The Ashmolean, Oxford

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Last Rembrandt Post for Now

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Ashmolean, Good Samaritan, oman at the Well, Oxford, Rembrandt, self-portrait

From ‘The Young Rembrandt’ exhibition @ The Ashmolean, Oxford.

Young Rembrandt- even more wonders!

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Ashmolean, Oxford, portraits, Potiphar's wife, Rembrandt

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

You Want Rembrandt – You Got Rembrandt!

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Ashmolean, portraits, Rembrandt, Young Rembrandt

From the recent Young Rembrandt Exhibition.  Photos by Candia.

Young Rembrandt Exhibition, Ashmolean 2

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Ashmolean, influences, Oxford, portraits, Young Rembrandt

For your delectation.  Photos by Candia

The Young Rembrandt, Ashmolean

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Ashmolean, influences, Oxford, portraits, Rembrandt

                        Managed to see this before self-isolation.  So, will post all my

                       photos in groups of 6 or so, in order that you can all see the

                      delights that may not be available now for some time.

Rainy Day, Ashmolean

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Ashmolean, Oxford, rainy summer, restaurant, roof-top

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Bribing the Electorate in Pompeii

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Ashmolean, bribery and corruption, electorate, free lunch, Pompeii

No such thing as a free lunch!  Bread for all – in exchange for votes.

Photo by Candia from the Pompeii Exhibition @ The Ashmolean

Happy Hallowe’en from Pompeii

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Ashmolean, hallowe'en, mosaic, Pompeii, skeleton

@ The Ashmolean, Oxford

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Penck at The Ashmolean

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Ashmolean, Edinburgh Darkness III, Jonathan Meades, Penck, Waldemar Janusczak

channeling my inner Jonathan Meades/ Waldemar

The title of this mural is Edinburgh Darkness III.  It’s not dark

enough, so I superimposed my trademark dark glasses.

Photo by The Husband- under strict instruction.