Tell Me A Dragon
Torquay Museum
When: 10 March 2014 to 25 June 2014
Where: Perigal Room
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: Admission Fees Apply
Suitable for: Family friendly
There are dragons aplenty in Torquay Museum’s new exhibition of beautiful illustrations by
award-winning children’s author and illustrator, Jackie Morris. The exhibition, entitled Tell Me a Dragon, opened on 10th March and runs until the 25th June, and features the original watercolour paintings used to illustrate Jackie’s book of the same name.
The exhibitionalso features a dragon painted by Jackie for Terry Pratchett’s best-selling Disc World Calendar, which gave her the idea for her own Tell Me a Dragon book, in which she dispels the fearsome reputation of these magical creatures. This is the first time that Jackie’s enchanting dragon paintings have been exhibited together.
The exhibition of paintings is supplemented by dragon objects from Torquay Museum’s own collections, ranging from magnificent Samurai swords to Torquay’s first
ever gas lamp in the shape of a fiery dragon (dated to 1834), and beautiful ceramics.
The exhibition also tells the story of the myth and imagery of the dragon, from
its origins in Asia to its adoption by the British monarchy.
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