Courtald Gallery

I'm not sure if I'd ever been here before last week. But me and my friend finally went and had a look at he Courtald's famous collection which was indeed impressive. We met the curator of the next exhibition at the Courtald - Victorian drawings and watercolours, and she confirmed for us that even the most famous paintings on show at the Courtald are, as far as they know, all originals. Wow.

Since we went on a Wednesday, we spent a couple of hours in the drawings and prints room, which is open for dropping in from 1.30 - 4 on Wednesdays only.  So we got quite lucky there. I'd never been in a drawings and prints room before so it was a bit awe-inspiring sitting in front of something Andrea Mantegna had drawn with his own hands :/ Amongst the others we saw were drawings by Fuseli, Guercino and Dore. So it goes without saying that it makes you feel pretty privelaged to have all this at your fingertips. And for free. I really could not have more love for London. Wordsworth had it right.