Our April programme of activities on Hampstead Heath and at Kenwood is live! Check it out: www.heath-hands.org.uk/whatson (or link in bio).
#hampsteadheath #kenwoodhouse #heathhands #events #natureactivities
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Mrs Sarah Raymond #1760costume is in the building! Big thanks to Pawel & Jean for sharing her for #WomenInHistory @Valentines 22Mar 12-5 What was her daughter’s connection with LordMansfield #KenwoodHouse? Timed talks 12, 1.30 2.30 3.30 dancing fun creative crafts Oh! artists’ studios are open too!
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An afternoon printing a few of my latest linoprint ‘Starlight Over Kenwood’. Always takes me ages, with Radio 3 on in the background so I don’t get distracted!
#kenwood #kenwoodhouse #hampsteadheath #starlight
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Finally finished! Here’s the final test print in blue & in purple. A moonlight view of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath. I’ll have this one available for the Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath in May.
#kenwood #kenwoodhouse #hampstead #hampsteadheath #moonlight
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Our March programme of activities on Hampstead Heath and at Kenwood is live! Check it out: www.heath-hands.org.uk/whatson.
#hampsteadheath #kenwoodhouse #heathhands #events #natureactivities
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I’ve been working on a Regency inspired product range with @englishheritage.bsky.social
The collection takes inspiration from some of their beautiful Georgian properties - Ranger’s House, Wrest Park & Kenwood House. #EnglishHeritage #Georgian #Regency #RangersHouse #WrestPark #KenwoodHouse #Art
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I hate that I don't know, but we're the same /Wouldn't know where to start /Could you find me in a crowd, tell us apart?
🎨 #Vermeer 🇳🇱 🖼️ #TheGuitarPlayer 🎟️ #KenwoodHouse ▶️ Double Vision: Vermeer at Kenwood 💻Read www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... ℹ️ www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/search...
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Jeszcze zostaniemy w temacie ciepłych wnętrz muzeów. Lubię się przyglądać na detale. Najfajniejsze są scenki rodzajowe, pokazujące życie wsi czy miast. #KenwoodHouse #london #londoner #londonist #londoncity #londontrip #nationaltrust #museum #museums
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Wyobraźmy sobie zimę, na zewnątrz mróz i śnieg, wchodzimy do gorącego #KenwoodHouse parujące zmrożone zaśnieżone ubranie, miesza się z gorącym zapachem dymu z kominków. Czas na gorącą herbatę. #london #londoner #londonist #londoncity #londontrip #nationaltrust #museum #museums
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Londyn #kenwoodhouse. Spory park na Hampsted Heath. Sam Park potrafi zapełnić dwie godziny spaceru. A można jeszcze wydłużyć idąc na północny wschód do The Hill Garden and Pergola. #london #londoner #londonist #londoncity #londontrip #nationaltrust #museum #museums
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Czasami czytam że ciekawe rzeczy są daleko i dojazd raczej samochodem. No to Północny Londyn #kenwoodhouse. Spory park na Hampsted Heath. Często odwiedzam to miejsce. Albo tylko na spacer, albo by odświeżyć sobie oko, zbiorami obrazów. A są ciekawe perełki. #london #londoner #londonist #londoncity
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Skeleton resting against a grave stone at the Kenwood House Halloween adventure
Pumpkin heads litter ground in front of a pumpkin head scarecrow at the Kenwood House Halloween adventure
Halloween at Kenwood house from tomorrow
#Halloween #KenwoodHouse #Photography #Pumpkins
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Sargent portrait
Sargent’s dollar princesses
John Singer Sargent
Art at Kenwood House
Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits. Until Sunday October 5 at Kenwood House, on glorious Hampstead Heath, John Singer Sargent’s portraits of the Gilded Age “dollar princesses” - American heiresses who married often impoverished British aristocrats, swopping money for titles #KenwoodHouse
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Exhibition caption - Mrs (later Lady) Edith Chester Beatty, 1915 Edith Chester Beatty née Dunn; born 1886, New York; died 1952, Kensington, London Two years before this drawing was made, Edith Dunn married Alfred Chester Beatty. It was a second marriage for both of them; she was a New York divorcee of 27, he was a widower of 38. Edith became a stepmother to his two children and moved into his home in Kensington Palace Gardens. He was the wealthy one - known as the Copper King, from his mining fortune and investments - not her. But in the First World War, it was Edith who turned their home into an American Red Cross hospital for officers, a model of the 'perfect efficiency which forms part of the American character' said a newspaper report. She developed into an avid (and, compared to her husband, overlooked) collector - buying Manet, Renoir, Cézanne, and notably Van Gogh's Sunflowers (now in Sompo, Japan), French furniture, sculpture and Sevres, Chinese embroideries and many important Egyptian papyri. Edith also raced and bred horses, bred and exhibited pigs, wintered in Egypt, and spent thousands on jewellery - but also thousands on thoughtfully chosen books and manuscripts for her husband. Sargent's portrait of 1915 concentrates on Edith's gaze, as she looks into the far distance past the viewer, and her deeply waved hair, which appears to be an early example of the 'Castle bob. Carefully rendered pearls contrast with fast and vigorous white squiggles, indicating the embroidery and piping on her dress. Sargent finds a softness in Edith's character which contrasts with a cooler, less approachable de László portrait of 1916.
Edith Chester Beatty, 1915
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“Heiress”. Sargent’s American Portraits. #KenwoodHouse #London
By contrast to Sargent’s portraits in oil is a study of Edith Chester Beatty in charcoal.
Such a study needed only one sitting (instead of six for oils) & so was more spontaneous. See ALT text
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Nancy Astor, 1908 Nancy Witcher Astor née Langhorne; born 1879, Danville, Virginia; died 1964, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire Nancy grew up in an old Virginian family who had lost their fortune in the American Civil War, the eighth of eleven children. Her father owed his wealth to the railroad business, and her childhood was not uncomfortable, though they 'had the same supper every night: cornbread and eggs, raw tomatoes, beaten biscuits and molasses. rarely meat. She married Robert Gould Shaw at the age of 17; they divorced in 1903. On a transatlantic liner she met Waldorf Astor, and married him in 1906. His father, the naturalized Briton William Waldorf Astor, gave the couple Cliveden, his palatial house and estate overlooking the Thames, as well as a Cartier tiara for Nancy which incorporated the famous Sancy 55-carat diamond. Her wit, vivacity and intelligence considerably outshone her inheritance, and drove her trailblazing political career. Sargent painted Nancy in the early years of her marriage, at the age of 29. Her twisting, lively pose derives from a Romney portrait of Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante, a follower of Dionysus the god of wine - Ironically as Nancy was a teetotaller. When the work was exhibited In 1909 at the Royal Academy, Sargent wrote to her You look beautiful in Room No. 1, beautiful but interesting. Many people tumbled to your captious and penetrating charm. Sargent was frequently Invited to Cliveden, but grew tired of its social whirl and stopped visiting.
#NancyAstor 1908
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“Heiress”. Sargent’s American Portraits exhibition at #KenwoodHouse #London
Interesting to see Sargent’s image of a youthful Nancy (known for her wit, vivacity & intelligence), painted a decade before she became the first female MP to sit in Parliament. See ALT text
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Purple Rose & two rosebuds.
👀 Coffee time ☕️☕️🌺 - #KenwoodHouse #Hampstead #London
Rose - 📷 18.09.2025
#elevensestime
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Visited beautiful #KenwoodHouse in Hampstead Heath and used my #NationalArtPass for FREE entry to their John Singer Sargent exhibit. Highly recommend for a gorgeous day out!
#EnglishHeritage #ArtFund #JohnSingerSargent
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And, that John Singer Sargent deffo knew how a daub a Dame.
#LadyNancyAster (bit of a nazi), but...
#KenwoodHouse #London #Heiress #EnglishHeritage
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Heiress on until 5 October.
#kenwoodhouse #englishheritage #johnsingersargent #hampsteadheath #dollarprincess #whatsonlondon #exhibitionreview #artlover
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We're enjoying beautiful weather this week in London! Perhaps a good time to spend a day on Hampstead Heath and stop in for some art at Kenwood House?
👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/06/kenw...
#kenwoodhouse #hamsteadheath #highgate #englishheritage #artcollections #whatsonlondon #londonforfree
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Kenwood House, a 17th-century gem in Hampstead, offers free entry, stunning Repton-designed gardens, and film fame (Notting Hill, Belle). Dog-friendly and perfect for a peaceful day out! 🐾🌿 #KenwoodHouse #Hampstead #EnglishHeritage
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Picture perfect Sunday at lovely #KenwoodHouse #HampsteadHeath. Everything throbbing with colour & vitality!
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Wouldn't this be a lovely place for a writers retreat?
On the northern edge of Hampstead Heath (yes, the haven of highwaymen) lies a London jewel - Kenwood House.
(+ a lovely outdoor cafe, of course ☕️🍰🫖)
#kenwoodhouse #hampsteadheath
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The rhododendron at Kenwood House - several beds of plants in flower: reds, pinks and oranges. Set against the backdrop of neatly mown lawns, mature trees and blue sky
Last week, I took myself off to Kenwood House because I’d been told that the rhododendron were amazing - absolutely popping with colour #kenwoodhouse #rhododendron #colour #tinyjoys
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Photo of bright yellow azalea flowers
Good morning! Feast your eyes on this gorgeous azalea at #KenwoodHouse which smells as upliftingly beautiful as it looks! Happy Bank Holiday Monday everyone (apologies if it’s not BH where you are). We’ll keep things light by not discussing the ‘traditional’ BH weather!
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Thrilled to see the stunning #Georgian masterpieces from #KenwoodHouse looking magnificent at Gainsborough's House! What a truly inspired collaboration, showcasing these beautiful works in such a fitting setting.
#GainsboroughsHouse #UKMuseums #ArtHistory #CulturalHeritage #LondonArt #SuffolkArt
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Black and white image of Barbara Hepworth's Monolyth-Empyrean stone sculpture. The stone is situated in park land with tall trees behind.
I'll be listening in! Having seen Hepworth's Monolyth-Empyrean sculpture at #KenwoodHouse at the weekend, megaliths are clearly a subject she found very inspirational. @englishheritage.bsky.social
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Creepy kids project potholes in front of cyclists
Creepy kids sacrifice kitten
Out flexing my English Heritage membership at Kenwood Park
Here's some creepy kids paintings.
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#englishheritage
#kenwoodhouse
#wouldstthoulivedeliciously
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