Watercolour- Elements of nature
Tue 16 June 2015 - Sun 27 September 2015
Fitzwilliam Museum
Rarely exhibited and in superb condition, the works on show highlight the extraordinary versatility of the medium, showing how it was used from the Middle Ages onwards to illuminate manuscripts, paint delicate portrait likenesses, accurately record botanical detail and to capture fleeting moments of nature.
Drawn exclusively from the Fitzwilliam’s outstanding collections, the exhibition will include portrait miniatures by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, botanical drawings by Georg Ehret and Pierre-Joseph Redouté, as well as a series of superb landscape watercolours by John Constable, Peter de Wint, John Sell Cotman, Samuel Palmer, J. M. Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro and Paul Nash.
It will be complemented by an exhibition in the Shiba Gallery of superb watercolours by J.M.W. Turner, many given to the Museum by his greatest champion, John Ruskin.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Tuesday 16 June 2015 until Sunday 27 September 2015
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Tuesday 16 June 2015 until Sunday 27 September 2015
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 31 August 2015
All times
Tue 16 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 21 June 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 June 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 June 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 4 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 5 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 12 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 14 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 19 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 21 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 26 July 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 July 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 2 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 4 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 7 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 8 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 9 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 11 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 14 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 15 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 16 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 18 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 21 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 22 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 23 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 25 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 26 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 28 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 29 August 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 30 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 31 August 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 1 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 2 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 3 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 4 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 5 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 6 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 8 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 9 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 10 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 11 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 12 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 13 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 15 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 16 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 17 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 18 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 19 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 20 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 22 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 23 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 24 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 25 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 26 September 2015 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 27 September 2015 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |