The Wallace Collection » New to Shop http://wallacecollection.org/blog Mon, 20 May 2013 08:56:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The Queen of Weapons iBook Now Available to Download http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/05/the-queen-of-weapons-ibook-now-available-to-download/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/05/the-queen-of-weapons-ibook-now-available-to-download/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 23:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=72 Read More]]> Now available to download is the iBook The Queen of Weapons, for iPad and iPhone.  Written by arms and armour curator Dr Tobias Capwell, it showcases the Wallace Collection’s Renaissance swords.

The publication features 20 swords, including beautiful high resolution details of hilts, with zoom. Also included are some of the highlights of the Collection.

Click here to download this fascinating publication.

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/05/the-queen-of-weapons-ibook-now-available-to-download/feed/ 0 ‘Digital Catalogue of European Arms and Armour’ wins ACE Best New Publication award http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/04/digital-catalogue-of-european-arms-and-armour-wins-ace-best-new-publication-award/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/04/digital-catalogue-of-european-arms-and-armour-wins-ace-best-new-publication-award/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=67 Read More]]> The recently released Digital Catalogue of European Arms and Armour has won the Association for Cultural Enterprises annual award for Best New Publication 2012.

According to ACE, “the greatest ever volume of entries for the awards was received and the field was extremely stong. The panel of judges commented that the standard of entries made selection of winners within each catageory a difficult but exciting task.”

The award is currently on display in the shop.

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/04/digital-catalogue-of-european-arms-and-armour-wins-ace-best-new-publication-award/feed/ 0 Unique Pieces Arrive in the Shop http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/03/unique-pieces-arrive-in-the-shop/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/03/unique-pieces-arrive-in-the-shop/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=64 Read More]]> Textile artist Lindsay Taylor has created a beautiful embroidered peacock for the Wallace Collection based on Weenix’s painting Flowers on a Fountain with a Peacock. This will be on display in the shop and forms part of the celebrations for the re-opening of the Dutch Galleries. Also by the artist and available to buy in the shop are original, unique pieces of jewellery. Visit now to avoid disappointment! www.lindsay-taylor.co.uk

 

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/03/unique-pieces-arrive-in-the-shop/feed/ 0 New Publications http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/02/new-publications/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/02/new-publications/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=62 Read More]]> We are very happy to announce two new publications, Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Pictures and Founders of the Wallace Collection. The former is the newly revised edition of the Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Pictures with updated photography of newly conserved paintings and up-to-date attributions. This edition includes a history of the Collection, reproductions in colour of all the paintings, entries on each one, a brief biography on each artist, attributions, bibliography and a numerical index. Founders of the Wallace Collection is a revised edition with updated images from the Hertford House Historic Collection and at a new, lower price of £4. To order or for more information, call 020 7563 9522 or click here. 

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2012/02/new-publications/feed/ 0 Exclusive Christmas Shopping Evening http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2011/12/exclusive-christmas-shopping-evening/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2011/12/exclusive-christmas-shopping-evening/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=57 Read More]]> Friday 9 December, 5.30-8.30pm

You’re invited to an exclusive Christmas shopping evening! Browse through our wide range of exclusive products and gifts, suitable for all ages and pockets, and enjoy a free glass of wine as you do so. 10% off all purchases and free gift-wrapping for this night only.

For more information call 020 7563 9522 or e-mail shop@wallacecollection.org. Click here to look at the Wallace Collection shop page.

 

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2011/12/exclusive-christmas-shopping-evening/feed/ 0 The Wallace Collection Launches Two New Publications http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2011/10/the-wallace-collection-launches-two-new-publications/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2011/10/the-wallace-collection-launches-two-new-publications/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=52 Read More]]> Two new major works – The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels by Suzanne Higgott and Masterpieces of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection by Tobias Capwell – will shed light on fascinating and less widely known areas of the Collection. New research by curators Tobias Capwell and Suzanne Higgott will help bring these world-class collections to the fore, on a par with the wonderful paintings and 18th-century decorative arts for which the Collection is perhaps better known.

Through these two new works readers can not only enjoy a taste of beautiful objects which were the height of fashion at the time they were made, but also share and experience something of the thrill Sir Richard Wallace must have felt when gathering together these significant and magnificent collections. The books will be available from mid-October and can be bought online from our shop.

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2011/10/the-wallace-collection-launches-two-new-publications/feed/ 0 Christmas Shopping Ideas from Wallace Prints http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/11/christmas-shopping-ideas-from-wallace-prints/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/11/christmas-shopping-ideas-from-wallace-prints/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=34 Read More]]> Fine art prints make wonderful Christmas gifts for friends and family, and at our online print shop Wallace Prints – www.wallaceprints.org – you can choose from any image in our painting and miniatures collection, as well as highlights from our European Arms and Armour collection. Prints come in a variety of sizes and finishes, and can be framed in one of our high quality frames before delivery to anywhere in the world.

To browse our online print shop, please visit www.wallaceprints.org.

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/11/christmas-shopping-ideas-from-wallace-prints/feed/ 0 ‘Miniatures in the Wallace Collection’ by Stephen Duffy and Christoph Vogtherr http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/11/miniatures-in-the-wallace-collection-by-stephen-duffy-and-christoph-vogtherr/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/11/miniatures-in-the-wallace-collection-by-stephen-duffy-and-christoph-vogtherr/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=38 Read More]]> The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolour or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography.

This book, written by two of the Collection’s curators, Stephen Duffy and Christoph Vogtherr, presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897. The collection includes by far the best group of French miniatures in Britain, as well as fine examples of English miniature painting and works from other schools. The publication celebrates the recent opening of a new gallery at Hertford House devoted to miniatures and gold boxes, the Boudoir Cabinet. It features seventy of the finest miniatures in the Wallace Collection, all of them reproduced in colour, most for the first time.

The volume spans the period from the mid-sixteenth to the late nineteenth centuries. The entries include much new information on the miniatures and are accompanied by images of related works in the Wallace Collection and elsewhere. There are introductory essays on the history of the collection and on French eighteenth-century miniatures, a particular highlight of the collection. Exceptional among English language publications in its focus on French miniatures, this book offers a fascinating and tantalising glimpse into the magical world of the miniature.

Price £25 – available to buy in our shop or online at www.wallacecollection.org/shop

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/11/miniatures-in-the-wallace-collection-by-stephen-duffy-and-christoph-vogtherr/feed/ 0 Arms & Armour images now available to buy as prints http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/06/arms-armour-images-now-available-to-buy-as-prints/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/06/arms-armour-images-now-available-to-buy-as-prints/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=16 Read More]]> A selection of glamorous new images of the European arms and armour collection are now available to buy online through Wallace Prints. These images are highlights from our recent extensive European arms & armour photography project, and preview some of the images that will be used in our forthcoming DVD Rom.

Please visit Wallace Prints to order framed and unframed prints of not just arms & armour, but also our entire paintings and miniatures collections -  www.wallaceprints.org

]]> http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2010/06/arms-armour-images-now-available-to-buy-as-prints/feed/ 0 Christmas Treats from the Wallace Collection http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2009/12/christmas-treats-from-the-wallace-collection/ http://wallacecollection.org/blog/2009/12/christmas-treats-from-the-wallace-collection/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://wallacecollection.org/blog/?p=27 Read More]]> Still deciding what to buy for your friends and family this Christmas?

*  Why not treat them to their own print of one of the Wallace Collection’s many masterpieces. Available framed or unframed, and in a variety of finishes, we are offering 10% off all prints sold through Wallace Prints until 31st December.  If you need the print to arrive before Christmas we can take orders for UK delivery up until 20th December (or 18th December for framed prints).

Please visit http://www.wallaceprints.org/ to place your order, the discount will be applied at the checkout.

* Pop along to the Wallace Collection Shop and stock up on last minute Christmas presents from cards, glamourous baubles & unusual stocking fillers, books and scarves to Damien Hirst inspired jewellery.

Open 7 days a week 10am-5pm, please visit the website for further details on our wonderful selection of gifts. http://www.wallacecollection.org/shop

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