Flora, fauna and a new look for Gainsborough's House.

Continuing at Gainsborough’s House until October is an exhibition of the works of another artist with Sudbury connections, Mark Catesby (1682/1749)

A student of Natural History, Catesby, having been brought up on the Suffolk/Essex border, travelled widely in North America and produced a collection of wonderful images of flora and fauna.   

Many of these are now owned by Her Majesty the Queen and are normally kept at Windsor Castle.  Following a tradition of royal benevolence to Gainsborough’s House, the Queen has been kind enough to lend 27 images for the exhibition.

If you do go along to see the Catesbys you will find that Gainsborough’s House itself has recently been much altered. The new Director, Mark Bills, has spent a good deal of time since his arrival looking in the storerooms and has found a good number of additional exhibits to put on display.  This means that there is a lot more to see on the walls in the House these days.

The exhibition, Catesby: Watercolours from the Royal Collection continues at Gainsborough's House until October 12th.  The Museum is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays.