Dora Wordsworth: ‘Journal of a Few Months…’
Published in 1847, Journal of a Few Months Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of Spain is Dora Quillinan (née Wordsworth)’s account of her life in Portugal.
Illustrations of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’
Explore how ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, one of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s most famous poems, inspired nine artists whose works reflect two hundred years of artistic movements.
Dora Wordsworth: Mistress of an Album
Dora Wordsworth, daughter of William Wordsworth, compiled the poetry of her family and friends into an album. Explore this exhibition to learn more about Dora, her album, and the things she valued.
‘I wandered lonely’: A Solitary Tour of the Lakes, 1814
This interactive map showcases an unpublished and newly transcribed personal journal, A Journal of a Solitary Tour to the Lakes, by one of the area’s early tourists, Charles Fletcher.
‘Happy the few who find the friend’
Susanna Blamire, ‘The Poet of Friendship,’ was a charming woman from north Cumbria who had a gift for connecting with people. This exhibition explores her life of song and friendship.
‘The world is too much with us’: Everyday lives and everyday nature
This exhibition explores the significance of Dove Cottage’s Garden-Orchard and the inspiration William and Dorothy Wordsworth drew from their ‘little domestic slip of mountain’.
‘Who weeps for strangers?’
When George and Sarah Green died in a blizzard on the fells in 1808, leaving their children orphaned and vulnerable, the Grasmere community stepped in. Learn more about the legacy of this tragedy in our online exhibition.
