Tate 2021 - Tactile Books

In 2020, Tate in partnership with Southampton, Oldham, Aberdeen and Museum Wales commissioned a set of tactile books. Each of the four galleries chose paintings from their collections.

Southampton City Art Gallery:

Afterglow in Egypt – William Holman Hunt

Summer – Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Gallery Oldham:

Circe offering the cup to Ulysses – John William Waterhouse

The White Mountain – William Stott of Oldham

National Museum Cardiff:

Lady Charlotte Williams-Wynn and her Children – Joshua Reynolds

Storr Rock, Lady’s Cove, Evening – Alfred Sisley

Aberdeen Art Gallery:

Flood in the Highlands – Sir Edward landseer

The books were completed in 2021.

Each tactile booklet is bound in Buckram with embossed text and contains tactile diagrams with descriptions and navigation text in large print and braille.