W W Winter Lecture – Photography and the Country House

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11/03/2025 19:30 - 21:00
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1077598228309?aff=oddtdtcreator
Online talk via Zoom

Speaker: Jonathan Wallis

Tuesday 11 March at 7.30pm Zoom only

How did the owners of the country house engage with photography in the 19th and early 20th centuries? Mainly using the example of the Pennymans from Ormesby Hall in Teesside, and with some examples from W W Winter Heritage Trust collection, Jonathan will explore how photographers were employed, photographs used in the house and photography became a hobby for many including the Pennymans.

Jonathan Wallis has worked in museums and heritage for over 30 years. He began his museum career as a conservator at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, later moving to a number of other museums before joining Derby Museums in 2001. After 17 years he left to work as a regional curator for the National Trust based in Yorkshire and the Northeast. Jonathan’s interests in collections are wide ranging – from British Bronze Age metalwork to Joseph Wright of Derby. His latest research explores the photographic history of a country house, Ormesby Hall, on the outskirts of Middlesbrough and Scarborough's Victorian photographic studios. He has been the Chair of the W W Winter Heritage Trust for the past seven years.

Booking is by donation via Eventbrite - proceeds will be shared between the W W Winter Heritage Trust and the Derbyshire Archaeological Society.

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