As a part of the Chelsea Historical past Pageant, there will likely be two excursions of the paintings contained in the Chelsea Pensioners house, the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
(c) Royal Hospital Chelsea
Led by a Chelsea Pensioner, the excursions will go to the historic rooms which have hosted kings and queens for hundreds of years and have portraits of the Royal Hospital’s main benefactors, together with Charles I, Charles II, and William III.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and embellished by Robert Adam, the State Flats embrace work from the faculties of Van Dyck, Kneller, and Lely, alongside vital carvings and mouldings by William Emmett, John Grove, and William Cleere.
The excursions price £20 per individual and wish reserving prematurely:
Thursday twenty sixth Sept at 4pm right here
Sunday twenty ninth Sept 1pm right here
As you can be visiting, you may as effectively e-book a free go to to the not too long ago transformed Steady Yards, the place they’re having a brief exhibition on the identical week – and particulars about which are right here.
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