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Grayson Perry: Essex House Tapestries – The Life of Julie Cope

Two of Grayson Perry’s emblematic large-scale tapestries will go on display for the first time in Winchester. They tell the illustrates the key events in Julie Cope’s life, from birth to marriage, while details her later years, second marriage, and a tragic accident that leads to her demise. While seemingly happy, the first tapestry provides clues to the impending doom in the second.

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