WIN tickets to the Royal Academy’s Waterhouse Exhibition

J.W. Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite (Royal Academy of Arts, London)

27 June – 13 September 2009

In June, the Royal Academy of Arts will present a major retrospective of Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917). The exhibition, which will feature over 40 paintings from both public and private collections, will include such highlights as The Lady of Shalott, 1888 (Tate), Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896 (Manchester Art Gallery), Circe Invidiosa: Circe Poisoning the Sea, 1892 (The Art Gallery of South Australia), and the Royal Academy’s A Mermaid, 1900. These works will be accompanied by studies in oil, chalk and pencil; period photographs; sketchbooks; and the volumes of Tennyson and Shelley that Waterhouse decorated with sketches.

To celebrate the opening of this wonderful exhibition we are giving away 5 pairs of tickets (closes 19th June 2009).

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