Sudley House
Victorian merchant's villa with Turner, Gainsborough and Pre-Raphaelite paintings in original rooms.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Sudley House in Liverpool follows George Holt, a Victorian shipowner who gave his semi-retirement to buying pictures, and the exacting habits he brought to it, from frames and glazing to the dealers he traded with. It also turns to his daughter Emma, who spent decades here working for Liverpool University and women's charities. Best heard in the dining room, facing the Gainsborough portrait he paid most for.
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