SAVE THE DATE – AGM, Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue Memorial Lecture and Dinner 2024
London (venue to be confirmed)
Please SAVE THE DATE for the 2024 French Porcelain Society Annual General Meeting (AGM), Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue Memorial Lecture and Dinner on Saturday, 29th June 2024.
The venue, in London, and booking options will be confirmed in due course.
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Dr Mia Jackson, Curator of Decorative Arts at Waddesdon Manor, and Bernard Dragesco, Antique Dealer and Art Historian, will deliver the Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue Memorial Lecture based on recent research on the Sèvres porcelain painter Louis-Denis Armand l’aîné (active 1746–1788), as part of the exhibition Flights of Fancy: Birds at Waddesdon (22 May – 27 October 2024). Armand l’aîné specialised in depicting fanciful birds on landscapes and his work is extensively represented in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon.
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The preliminary programme for the evening is as follows:
17:30 – 18:30 – Annual General Meeting (in person and online via Zoom for members only)
18:30 – 19:30 – Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue Memorial Lecture (in person and online via Zoom open to everyone)
19:00 – onwards – Dinner