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		<title>The Plinth project:</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2010/02/26/the-plinth-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONTAINER will be presenting a series of six newly commissioned works in
an exciting collaboration with Bristol City Museum &#38; Art Gallery. The
Plinth Project starts in March 2010 with a new sculpture by Ben Rowe.
CONTAINER, an artists led exhibition and workshop space set up by the
Stokes Croft Contemporary Arts Project CIC, have been commissioned to
curate a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Excursion to South Devon</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2010/01/27/residential-excursion-to-south-devon-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This residential excursion will have its base at the Headlands Hotel Torquay. The provisional itinerary, subject to minor amendments,  is
Monday        BRISTOL to TORQUAY via KILLERTON (NT)
Tuesday       SALTRAM (NT), ANTONY (NT) via Torpoint Ferry
Wednesday  GREENWAY (NT) Agatha Christie’s home via Dartmouth Ferry
Thursday     COMPTON CASTLE (NT) and BUCKFAST ABBEY using S. Devon Railway to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Programme Info</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/12/02/programme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter Lecture Series:   In the final lecture of the series, on Monday 22 March John Iddon will tell us about the Horace Walpole exhibition we&#8217;ll be visiting a week later.
Exhibitions in the Museum: the &#8216;What&#8217;s New?&#8217; exhibition in the Watercolour Gallery is now open and will run for several months.  Included on display are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statue of Sir Charles Wetherell at The Red Lodge</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/11/19/statue-of-sir-charles-wetherell-at-the-red-lodge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statue of Sir Charles Wetherell
by Thomas Tyley of Bristol, 1839
stone (oolitic limestone)

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Sir Charles Wetherell was Recorder (senior judge) of Bristol and was unpopular because he repeatedly declared that the people of Bristol were not interested in the reform of Parliament. When he arrived in the city for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahrous Abdou tapestry</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/11/19/mahrous-abdou-tapestry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Description:
&#8216;Nile Flowers and Papyrus&#8217; by Mahrous Abdou (born 1964), tapestry, hand-dyed wool with cotton warp, made in Egypt at the Ramses Wissa Wassef Arts Center, 2009.

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 Commentary:
The artist, Mahrous Abdou, works at the Ramses Wissa Wassef Arts Center, near Giza, Egypt, set up in the 1950s by a prominent Egyptian architect. With its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sampler by Lucy Fripp 1830</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/11/19/sampler-by-lucy-fripp-1830/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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This sampler, neatly worked in coloured silks on a wool fabric, is helpfully signed across the bottom ‘Lucy Fripp Berkeley Square Bristol March the 15 1830 Aged ..’ As often happens, the maker has unpicked her age at a later date so as not to give it away.  However, census records show that Lucy was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper-cut Model of the South Front of Ashton Court cica 1834</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/11/19/paper-cut-model-of-the-south-front-of-ashton-court-cica-1834/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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This cut-paper, wood, and watercolour model is made in an unusual technique and is a very accurate view of Ashton Court. The mansion, on the outskirts of Bristol, was transformed by Sir Hugh Smyth in the early 19th century. He doubled the length of the south front and all of the brown wing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coombs Plate</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/11/19/coombs-plate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Description: Plate, porcelain, China, c.1730-50, repaired and marked on reverse in lustre glaze &#8216;Coombs Qn St Bristol 1811&#8242;.

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Commentary:
This porcelain plate was made in China in about 1730-50 for export to the west. The design borrows from designs of Japanese porcelain and is known in the trade as &#8216;Chinese Imari&#8217;.  We have proof that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Trip to Snowdonia</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/07/23/residential-trip-to-snowdonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staying at THE ROYAL OAK HOTEL, BETWS-Y-COED
Monday, 12th April to Friday, 16th April 2010
North Wales is possibly the last remaining large area in the British Isles not covered in our longer excursions over the years.   The itinerary has yet to be finalised but could include National Trust properties like the famous Bodnant Gardens and Plas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two new watercolours</title>
		<link>http://www.friendsofbristolartgallery.co.uk/2009/04/15/two-new-watercolours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends have recently helped purchase two new watercolours of Bristol life in the early 1800s.
&#8216;Rownham Ferry&#8217;

This watercolour and bodycolour on plaster of Paris, was painted by John M Field in 1820.  It is a very detailed and unusual watercolour showing the New Inn and Rownham Hill from near Freeland Place, Hotwells.
John Field was one [...]]]></description>
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