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Visiting this weekend? The Textile Fair is taking place from 6 – 8 November

All visitors, including members, must pre-book their tickets.

If you’d like to visit the fair, book your tickets here, there’s an option to purchase for just the Fair, or a Fairs and Gallery ticket to get access to all Compton Verney has to offer.

If you don’t wish to visit the fair, you can purchase a general admission ticket (reduced to £0 for members when you log in), but please note the ground floor galleries are accessible to Fair ticket holders only.

 

 

Portrait Miniatures

10 September 2022 – 31 December 2023

Portrait Miniatures: Highlights from the Grantchester Collection ran from 10 September 2022 – 31 December 2023.

A new display featuring highlights from the Grantchester Miniatures Collection in our British Portraits gallery.

The Grantchester Collection of portrait miniatures was gifted to Compton Verney in 2019. It is a highly personal collection that was developed by the late Lady Grantchester, the sister of our founder Sir Peter Moores. Showcasing over 40 exquisite and intriguing miniatures from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this was the first time that many of these works have been shown in public.

The collection includes portraits in miniature by Isaac Oliver, Richard Cosway, George Engleheart and John Smart.

A framed oval portrait painting of a woman with curly hair wearing a white dress with a red shawl against a dark background.
Henriette Rath, Madame Argand, nee Blanc © Compton Verney, photo by Jamie Woodley