V&A Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Summer scenes in nature 🌳🌸 1. In a Shoreham Garden, Samuel Palmer, 1830 2. The Garden Front of Mr Robert Vernon's House at Twickenham, John James Chalon, Great Britain, ca. 1840 3. Study of Clouds, John Constable, 1830 https://t.co/6V6qTECA2j

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Leonardo Da Vinci was born #OnThisDay in 1452. #DidYouKnow that the V&A is home to 5 of da Vinci's notebooks? A fascinating peek into the mind of probably the most diversely talented person to ever live (present company excepted) 🧠 https://t.co/2ipaD318BY

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This is the 18th century waistcoat sketched by Beatrix Potter at the V&A which appeared in The Tailor of Gloucester. It’s currently on display in our exhibition Beatrix Potter: Drawn To Nature ♥️ The intricate detail! Only a mouse could have made it… 🐁 #secretsofthemuseum https://t.co/DoHVXKe4Tt

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Roald Dahl created Willy Wonka for his 1964 children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. For the stage adaptation, designer Mark Thompson based his costume design on Dahl’s description but added the orange waistcoat and patterned shirt to accentuate Wonka’s eccentricity. https://t.co/YKEwgf709a

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We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 V&A Illustration Awards! Gérard DuBois is the Book Illustration Award winner and has also been awarded the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Prize. DuBois created a new illustrated edition of Cormac McCarthy’s 'The Road'. https://t.co/QIQKbC3O8j

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Next stop... King Lear? Or is it Hamlet? Inspired by Harry Beck's famous design for @TfL underground, this poster takes Shakespeare's characters and tropes, and plots them as tube lines and stations to show the intricate connections. Read more: https://fal.cn/3mr93 https://t.co/UaxIKiKnMm

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Bo & Silke, 2021. Sarah Mei Herman Sarah Mei Herman is a Dutch visual artist and photographer whose practice examines the relationships and intimacy, particularly between families and young people. Her recent series ‘Solace’ documents the LGBTQ+ communities of Xiamen, China. https://t.co/AgCvGjXbv9

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This picture was considered too risque by Aubrey Beardsley's publishers to illustrate Oscar Wilde's Salome. Scarcity of clothes aside, can you see why? 📸 1. Print by Aubrey Beardsley, 'The Toilette of Salome I', London, 1890s, line block print on Japanese vellum https://t.co/lb7ugAQTTE

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The suit was given to the V&A by @Edwina_Dunn founder of @the_female_lead. You can visit it now for free in our Theatre & Performance galleries. https://t.co/A7zjhbd63W

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Do rabbits dream of electric sheep? 💤 This drawing by Beatrix Potter shows Peter Rabbit asleep at Camfield Place, her grandparents’ house. There was a strong bond between the imaginative world of Peter Rabbit and Potter's childhood. Discover more: https://t.co/KIQ7rUhWZX https://t.co/a4WvRw6xAI