Royals

Royals, Courtiers, and Confidants: Early English Portrait Drawings from The Huntington’s Art Collections
 

July 28 - Oct. 29, 2012
 

This focused exhibition on 16th- and 17th-century portrait drawings features pastel sketches, miniature graphite drawings, and pen and ink drawings by artists such as Peter Lely, William Faithorne, and Peter Oliver.

The Way of Tea

Oct. 7 (Sunday)

11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.

Learn about the traditions of the Japanese “Way of Tea” and participate in an authentic tea ceremony in this unique cultural experience.  Ninety-minute tours for small groups will be offered at intervals throughout the afternoon, starting in the Chinese Garden with a discussion of the origins of tea, continuing in the Japanese Garden with stops at the Japanese House and the new ceremonial teahouse, and culminating with a tea ceremony in the Zen Garden. $10 per person. (Note: For non-Members, general admission is a separate required cost, paid on entering the grounds.)

Advanced tickets required; order tickets online:  11 am,  12 pm,  1 pm,  2 pm,  3 pm.  or call 800-838-3006.  Tour start times are approximate; tours will depart as groups form.

Just Cause

A Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil War

Sept. 22, 2012–Jan. 7, 2013

Drawn entirely from The Huntington’s collections of manuscripts and printed materials, this exhibition examines the ways Northerners and Southerners viewed the rationale for the Civil War, which made it, in the words of one war veteran, “a battle of ideas interrupted by artillery.”