🖼️ Thomas Gainsborough, Samuel Linley, 1778, Oil on canvas, William Linley Bequest, 1835, DPG302.

Luckily, you don’t have to imagine it:
🧊 Our galleries are a perfect 21°C
🪑 We’ve got shade and deck chairs in the Sculpture Garden
🎟️ And yes, the Gardens are free

So come chill with us—literally—and soak up the art (indoors or outdoors).

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These works — part of a series rarely seen in full — are on view now in Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious at Dulwich Picture Gallery until 26 May.

🐕 The Dog Show (originally The Sister-in-Law) is Garwood at her sharpest: rich textures, domestic detail, and just a hint of satire. The dogs’ coats alone are a masterclass in wood engraving.

🐊 The Crocodile (once titled The Daughter) shows a neat line of schoolgirls walking along a garden wall — their order gently broken by one girl reaching down to pet a dog. A moment of warmth in the middle of discipline.

🛁 In Two Sisters, a raised viewpoint gives us a curious, almost cinematic look at a bathroom scene. One sister dominates the foreground while the bath stretches upward behind her. Stillness? Tension? You decide.

These wood engravings were created in 1930 for a Curwen Press calendar that was never published — but Garwood used the opportunity to flex her full creative range. 🎨