Important information for visitors on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September. On Saturday 7 September we are hosting a wedding and so access to the ground floor galleries may be restricted in the afternoon, access to Louise Bourgeois: Nature Study will not be affected. On Sunday 8 September all visitors, including members, are required to have a Compton Verney Dining Club ticket.
In 1796 HMS Indefatigable captured the French frigate La Virginie after a 15-hour chase, a famous and celebrated event in the war with France. The scene presided over the figures of Britannia, Fame and Hope at the lower right, Poseidon and Amphitrite, Greek god and goddess of the sea.