Question 1

SUN 19 JULY: Festival Open Day at Ancient House

Jo Nancarrow · Accepted Answer

Festival of Thetford & Punjab Open Day At Ancient House Museum Sunday 19 July, 10am-5pm Ancient House once again opens its doors for free for festival goers. Enjoy new displays on the Duleep Singh family. Meet costumed characters. Get hands on with historical artefacts.

Venue: Ancient House, Whitehart Street, Thetford IP24 1AA
Free entry
To Book: visit museums.norfolk.gov.uk

New Permeant Displays on the Duleep Singh Princes and Princesses at Ancient House New displays in the upstairs room of Ancient House focus on the lives of the six Duleep Singh Princes and Princess who grew up at Elveden hall and the life of Thetford-born Thomas Paine, revolutionary writer. Objects on display include carved wooden and gilded angels from Prince Frederick's home at Blo' Norton Hall alongside his Norfolk Yeomanry uniform. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh supported militant suffrage campaigns, once throwing herself in front of Prime Minister Asquith's car while displaying a placard reading "Give women the vote!" On display in the gallery are an early 19th-century Indian jewelled ring from her family collection and a rare suffragette hunger-strike medal awarded to Caprina Fahey, who marched with Sophia during the violent 'Black Friday' demonstrations in 1910. The museum also presents a contemporary portrait of Princess Catherine by celebrated Sikh artist Inkquisitive. The displays draws new links between the activism of the Duleep Singh princesses and the writings of Thetford-born Thomas Paine (1737-1809), whose works Rights of Man and Common Sense argue for universal human rights. The Thomas Paine displays include a plaster mask of Thomas Paine that was made shortly after his death by his artist friend John Wesley Jarvis (1780 - 1839), a leather-bound French edition of a translation of Paine's Rights of Man from 1791, and a lock of Paine's hair. The displays also tell the story of Prince Victor, Prince Albert Edward and Princess Bamba. These have been hugely supported by historian and collector Peter Bance, and the project team has also worked closely with Dr Priya Atwal, Community History Fellow at the University of Oxford. Prince Frederick Special Exhibition at Ancient House Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh was born in 1868. He was the second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh, last Maharajah of Punjab, and Maharani Bamba. His childhood home was Elveden Hall near Thetford, where he grew up with his sisters, Princesses Bamba, Catherine and Sophia, and brothers, Princes Victor and Albert Edward. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, Frederick studied history and served in the Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry during the First World War. He lived in Norfolk at Old Buckenham Hall, Breckles House, and Blo’ Norton Hall and his homes overflowed with paintings, books, and antiquities. He bought and gave Ancient House Museum to the people of Thetford 100 years ago, along with his collection of East Anglian portraits. This special exhibition marks the centenary of Prince Frederick’s death in 1926 Re-Framing Histories: Maharajah Duleep Singh Photographic Display at Ancient House Re-Framing Histories depicts a series of imagined moments in the life of Duleep Singh; the last Maharajah of Punjab. Jonathan Turner has created these imagined scenes using a mixture of studio photography and AI generated backgrounds in work which re-examines narratives around the legacies of Empire. This work was made possible with funding from Arts Council England’s DYCP fund.

Question 2

SUN 19 JULY: Festival Open Day at Ancient House

Jo Nancarrow · Accepted Answer

Festival of Thetford & Punjab Open Day At Ancient House Museum Sunday 19 July, 10am-5pm Ancient House once again opens its doors for free for festival goers. Enjoy new displays on the Duleep Singh family. Meet costumed characters. Get hands on with historical artefacts.

Venue: Ancient House, Whitehart Street, Thetford IP24 1AA
Free entry
To Book: visit museums.norfolk.gov.uk

New Permeant Displays on the Duleep Singh Princes and Princesses at Ancient House New displays in the upstairs room of Ancient House focus on the lives of the six Duleep Singh Princes and Princess who grew up at Elveden hall and the life of Thetford-born Thomas Paine, revolutionary writer. Objects on display include carved wooden and gilded angels from Prince Frederick's home at Blo' Norton Hall alongside his Norfolk Yeomanry uniform. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh supported militant suffrage campaigns, once throwing herself in front of Prime Minister Asquith's car while displaying a placard reading "Give women the vote!" On display in the gallery are an early 19th-century Indian jewelled ring from her family collection and a rare suffragette hunger-strike medal awarded to Caprina Fahey, who marched with Sophia during the violent 'Black Friday' demonstrations in 1910. The museum also presents a contemporary portrait of Princess Catherine by celebrated Sikh artist Inkquisitive. The displays draws new links between the activism of the Duleep Singh princesses and the writings of Thetford-born Thomas Paine (1737-1809), whose works Rights of Man and Common Sense argue for universal human rights. The Thomas Paine displays include a plaster mask of Thomas Paine that was made shortly after his death by his artist friend John Wesley Jarvis (1780 - 1839), a leather-bound French edition of a translation of Paine's Rights of Man from 1791, and a lock of Paine's hair. The displays also tell the story of Prince Victor, Prince Albert Edward and Princess Bamba. These have been hugely supported by historian and collector Peter Bance, and the project team has also worked closely with Dr Priya Atwal, Community History Fellow at the University of Oxford. Prince Frederick Special Exhibition at Ancient House Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh was born in 1868. He was the second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh, last Maharajah of Punjab, and Maharani Bamba. His childhood home was Elveden Hall near Thetford, where he grew up with his sisters, Princesses Bamba, Catherine and Sophia, and brothers, Princes Victor and Albert Edward. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, Frederick studied history and served in the Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry during the First World War. He lived in Norfolk at Old Buckenham Hall, Breckles House, and Blo’ Norton Hall and his homes overflowed with paintings, books, and antiquities. He bought and gave Ancient House Museum to the people of Thetford 100 years ago, along with his collection of East Anglian portraits. This special exhibition marks the centenary of Prince Frederick’s death in 1926 Re-Framing Histories: Maharajah Duleep Singh Photographic Display at Ancient House Re-Framing Histories depicts a series of imagined moments in the life of Duleep Singh; the last Maharajah of Punjab. Jonathan Turner has created these imagined scenes using a mixture of studio photography and AI generated backgrounds in work which re-examines narratives around the legacies of Empire. This work was made possible with funding from Arts Council England’s DYCP fund.