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| We were too early for the Ballgowns exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the fashion room was closed for preparations for said exhibition, but we got to see this (as well as the tiny waistcoat of a dwarf performer from the 19th century that made me cry a bit).
| I was in art materials heaven in the biggest art supplies shop I have ever visited, but because I had travelled only with hand luggage, I limited myself to a few coloured pencils to add to my Faber-Castell Polychromos collection (they had all the colours). I buy them individually - I know a whole set might work out cheaper, but it is more fun to grow it slowly, and I remember which ones I bought where. I took a long time to decide which colours to choose this time.
| Bell print in the Old Bell pub in Fleet Street, which housed Christopher Wren's stonemasons.
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| In the museum: Matt loves models of forts and other structures. I particularly loved the tiny animals and people in this one. But I spent more time with the mummies and skeletons, morbid person that I am.
| Speaking of skeletons, I was endlessly fascinated by Jeremy Bentham's Auto-icon in UCL (the real, badly mummified head has been replaced by a wax version, but the skeleton is still in these clothes).
| Pigeons in line in a small park in Bloomsbury.
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| Behind Westminster Abbey.
Great photos! I especially loves the museum photographs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your trip with us.
ReplyDeleteThey still have Bentham's mummified head kept in a box, tucked away somewhere, safeguarded. It was subject to ongoing pranks by students.
What is it about feet/shoes that intrigues you, and what did you like best about your trip?
It was good seeing you at the Gratitude Inn.
Have a terrific Wednesday!
Yes, students played football with his head, I think... There are images of his head online.
DeleteI don't have a foot fetish! But I like how after a while shoes become unmistakably the shoes of their owner, and feet can be a part of somebody's personality or have their own personality! I find Lowry's painted feet both sweet and moving.
The Lucian Freud exhibition was definitely a highlight, and we saw the 24,772nd performance of The Mousetrap!
Thanks for dropping by!