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On Sunday 13 July, the Tempo Half Marathon will begin and end at Compton Verney.

Please note that we are still open to visitors on this day, however there will be a rolling road block in the morning, and the site may be busier than usual due to this event so please allow yourself more time to travel.

Special Display – Portraits from Chequers

Kings, Queens and Revolutionaries

 

30 September 2006 – 10 December 2006

About the
exhibition

Portraits from Chequers presented a rare opportunity to view works of historical significance, whilst learning more about this important house. The official country residence of our Prime Ministers since 1921, Chequers reveals some of its portrait treasures in a display within Compton Verney’s British Portraits Collection. Not seen in public for over a century, paintings of Charles I and his wife Henrietta Maria by Van Dyck and portraits of Mary I and Oliver Cromwell were included. The display also featured a mother of pearl and ruby locket ring belonging to Queen Elizabeth in which portraits of herself and her mother, Anne Boleyn, sit.