Take a deep dive into the history of and the people who created the Wallace Collection. Named after Sir Richard Wallace and bequeathed to the British nation by his widow, Lady Wallace, it is a story filled with scandal, romance and colourful characters. There are those, like the larger-than-life 3rd Marquess of Hertford, whose bad behaviour repeatedly put him in the press’s spotlight. Or the shrewd Marchioness, Mie-Mie, who set up herself as a woman of independent means in Paris. And, of course, Richard Wallace, who devoted much of his fortune to charitable causes.

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Joining Information and Format: This course will be taught through Zoom Webinar. Each course session duration is 120 minutes, including a five-minute break and Q&A session with the tutor. 

Tickets are for all dates of this course. Ticketholders will be emailed the Zoom link, Webinar ID and Passcode 24 hours in advance of the first course session, which should be retained for accessing all sessions.  

Course Recording: This course will be recorded. Within 48 hours of each course session, ticket holders will be emailed a link to view the recording, which will be available for two weeks.