Join me for a visit to the “‘Prince of the Rocks’: JMW Turner and the Avon Gorge exhibition (4 paintings) + at least some of permanent art galleries at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, which are listed below:

### European Old Masters

Old Master Italian and Dutch paintings – prestigious works by Lucas Cranach, Giovanni Bellini, Jacob van Ruisdael and others.

### British and European Art (*The Age of Enlightenment and the Birth of Romanticism*)

Paintings from the 18th and early 19th century, featuring work from Philip James de Loutherbourg, Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable.

### Victorian Art (*Places of Desire*)

Featuring highlights from our collections of Victorian and Edwardian eras from the 1840s to the 1920s.

+/- Depending on time: Modern and Contemporary Art
Including Modernist work by Victor Pasmore, abstract painting by Peter Lanyon, Roger Hilton, Howard Hodgkin and Tala Madani, Land art, photography and video.

Afterwards we can get refreshments at their cafe.
**Cost:** free, but donations to the museum are gratefully received.
**We’ll meet at:**
Inside the first very big room you get to (up the short flight of stairs from the glass foyer). If you’re late, you’ll need to find us in the exhibition. I carry a silver backpack handbag (we don't use a meet up sign).

**From their website:**
“‘Prince of the Rocks’: JMW Turner and the Avon Gorge
A thank you from all of us. Come and see Bristol through Turner’s eyes.
This summer, more than 1,700 people backed our public Crowdfunder to try and secure Turner’s rediscovered The Rising Squall – painted in Bristol when the artist was just 17. Your support raised an unprecedented £109,120 in one week and we are so grateful.
Sadly, we were outbid on the night by an anonymous UK private collector, but the campaign showed the strength of public support for Turner and Bristol’s cultural heritage.
*Prince of the Rocks* is our way of thanking those supporters and celebrating Turner’s 250th birthday.
On display will be four rare watercolours painted during Turner’s first visit to the city in 1791, when aged just 16 he explored the Avon Gorge and earned the nickname “Prince of the Rocks.”
These early works reveal his growing skill in architectural detail, natural observation and dramatic composition. Fragile by nature, this is the first time these watercolours have been shown in over a decade.
The works will sit alongside beautiful flora and fauna from The Avon Gorge, to show why Turner was so inspired by our city.
The Avon Gorge is designated as a Special Site of Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation. We are proud to showcase its beauty and rarity, including the Bristol Whitebeam – a tree species found nowhere else in the world, discovered by Miss Martha Attwood in 1852 – and the beautiful Bristol diamonds

### Access information

• Every floor of the building, besides the Sea Dragons mezzanine gallery, can be
accessed via our main passenger lift. There is also an accessible lift from the
foyer to the ground floor. Both lifts have tactile buttons.
• There is level access throughout all of our galleries and an accessible toilet is
available on the ground floor. This exhibition is on the upper second floor.
• This exhibition will not contain flashing lights, audio, or moving images.
• Two adult-sized wheelchairs are available to borrow; please email or call to
book.
• An induction loop is available at the Welcome Desk.
• Assistance dogs are welcome at all of our sites.
• Gallery staff will be on hand if you have any questions or concerns during your
visit."

Susan

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