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Summertime "by the book"
Join staff from the NAL for a fascinating talk about how books inspired the imagination of 19th-century audiences
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Past Event
A book-inspired jaunt with National Art Library staff celebrating the summer break as a catalyst for opening the mind. Witness the birth of the “Staycation” as 19th-century audiences explored and interpreted the British landscape through literature and guidebooks during this pivotal era for domestic tourism.
Header image: ‘Insect ways on summer days: in garden, forest, field, and stream’, by Jennett Humphreys, illustrated by A Fairfax Muckley and binding designed by A A Campbell, London, 1910s. Museum no. 38041997108196.