THE WALLACE COLLECTION: Nostalgia for the Ancien Regime with Sylvia Sagona

Displayed in the sumptuous London town house of the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the Wallace Collection is a treasure trove of French painting, porcelain, gold boxes, furniture from the 18th century and art work by world renowned artists.

This talk explores both the house and the collection as well as the fate of the now lost French Wallace Collection bequeathed to Lady Sackville.

Sylvia Sagona is a fellow of the School of languages at the University of Melbourne and specialises in 19th Century French art and society.