Nicholas Merchant

Architecture

• The Architecture Of John Carr
• Sir George Gilbert Scott, Architect Of The Gothic Revival
• Sir Robert Lorimer, The Scottish Lutyens
• Sir Edwin Lutyens, Architect To Dolls, Dukes And Dynasties.
• The Other Lutyens, His Work For The War Graves Commission.
• Who Was Andrea Palladio?
• Rothschild Houses In Europe
• Clough Williams-Ellis; The Man Who Built Portmeirion
• Sir Jeffry Wyattville At Chatsworth And Windsor
• The Remarkable Mr Burges

Ceramics

• Alchemy And The European Quest For Porcelain
• Madame De Pompadour And The Porcelain Of Sevres
• The Lady Ludlow Collection.
• Meissen And The Spread Of Porcelain In Europe

Collections And Collecting

• The Great Collectors And Collections Of The 19th Century
• A Mania For Marble. The 18th Century’s Obsession With Antique Sculpture
• Green Vaults Of Dresden
• The Lady Lever Collection
• The Forgotten Great Exhibition, Manchester 1857
• The Golden Age Of Dutch Art
• The Origins Of The Wallace Collection

Country Houses

• Apethorpe, A House Back From The Brink
• Boughton, An English Versailles.
• Bowhill, An Overlooked Treasure House
• Brodick Castle And William Beckford
• The 6th Duke Of Devonshire And The Building Of Chatsworth
• Country Houses Of Cheshire
• Country Houses Of Northamptonshire And Lincolnshire
• Country Houses Of North Wales
• Country Houses Of Sussex
• Country Houses Of Yorkshire
• Decline Of The Country House
• Erdigg, A House Saved From Dereliction
• Harewood The Creation Of A Country House
• The Lure Of The Highlands And Islands
• Two Great Houses; Holkham And Houghton
• Lowther And The Lonsdales
• Newby; The House The Gardens The Steam Train
• Lady Anne Clifford, Proud Northern Lady
• The Rothschilds In The Vale Of Aylesbury
• Rothschild Houses In Europe
• Some Country Houses Of The Scottish Borders
• Waddesdon, The Collection

Furniture

• Thomas Chippendale, Pre-Eminent Cabinet Maker Of The 18th Century
• Eileen Gray, An Irish Rebel
• Linley, The Continuing Tradition English Cabinet Making.

Gold, Silver & Jewels

• The Art Of The Silversmith
• The Gold Box, The Must-Have Accessory Of The 18th Century.
• Faberge At The Court Of The Tsar.
• If You Want To Get Ahead….Get A Tiara!
• The Jewellery Of Rene Lalique
• Jewels Of The Indian Princes (New Lecture)
• Paul De Lamerie, Silversmith Supreme
• The Courtaulds

Period Styles

• Arts And Crafts In The Cotswolds
• The Baroque
• The Baroque Garden

Royal Subjects

• “My One Great Hobby”, The Collecting Interests Of Queen Mary.
• The Prince Regent And His Collecting Mania.
• The Prince Regent And His Building Mania.
• Queen Victoria In The South Of France
• The Royal Collection; The Reign Of Elizabeth Ii
• Sandringham, A Royal Bolt Hole
• The Jacobites. The Romance Of A Lost Cause (New Lecture)

Travel Related Talks

• Along The Danube
• The Empress Elizabeth Of Austria And The Great Compromise
• The Balkan Kingdoms And The Decline Of The Ottoman Empire
• Prague, At The Centre Of European Politics
• Along The Rhine
• The Golden Age Of Dutch Art

France

• The Creation Of The Cote D’azur
• Belles Demeures De Cap Martin A Bordighera
• English Gardeners In The South Of France
• The Private Palaces Of The Cote D’azur
• The Popes Of Avignon
• The Romans In Provence
• The Grand Tour And The River Rhone
• Two Gentlemen Of Bordighera

Germany

• Potsdam, A Prussian Versailles
• Bernardo Bellotto And The Creation Of “Florence On The Elbe”
• The Green Vaults Of Dresden
• Meissen And The Spread Of Porcelain In Europe

Portugal

• Portugal, Introductory Talk
• “Only The Best” The Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon.
• Baroque Art In Portugal

Russian And Baltic Subjects

• Drottningholm, Its Gardens And Pavilions
• Queen Christina Of Sweden
• Palaces In And Around St Petersburg.
• The Collections Of Peter The Great And Catherine The Great.
• The Work Of Ilya Repin. The Greatest Of Russia’s 19th Century Painters
• The Hanseatic League, Its Influence On Art And Architecture
• Treasures Of The Rosenborg