Thank you to Harvey of @NTsouthlakes for hosting us at
#WrayCastle last week! We went on a group trip to see their exhibition
#BroughttoLight featuring photos from our collection 📸
The castle is open from Wed to Sat, 10am to 4pm every week this summer🌞
ALT A wide shot of the Brought to Light exhibition, with visitors milling around. In the centre of the large room is a bright blue sailing boat with a white sail
ALT Harvey, the curator at Wray Castle, shows The Armitt's team photos from the Herbert Bell section of the Brought to Light exhibition. Harvey, a bald, bearded man in a blue jacket and glasses, stands with Maurice George on the left and Peter Lansberry on the right in front of a lightbox. In the light box is a black and white image of three female walkers from the nineteenth century resting on a river bank
ALT The Armitt team with Harvey in another room in Wray Castle. The room is white and cream in colour, with ornate moulding and a fireplace on the right hand side. Next to the fireplace stands Harvey and Tony Lonton, with volunteer Judy sat on a chair to the left, her face obscured. Trustee Peter Lansberry stands to the left of the window, looking out. Armitt manager and curator Faye Morrissey stands in front of the window, with admin assistant Sue on the far left
ALT A photo of five people at Holehird Gardens near Windermere in the eighteen eighties, taken by Rupert Potter. From the left, we have Helen Potter, his wife; a male member of the Trevelyan family; an unknown woman; Lady Millais, otherwise known as Effie Gray; and a young Beatrix Potter, Rupert's daughter