Cally Trench has researched and presented talks on a number of the paintings in the art collection of Wycombe Museum.

Click on the links to read a summary of each talk, which are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

All paintings are reproduced by courtesy of Wycombe Museum.

Please see: Wycombe Museum's Art Collection for more information.

Edmund John Niemann: The High Street or the road to ruin?. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 1st February and 19th March 2026.

Read the summary: Edmund John Niemann - The High Street or the road to ruin?

Artists and Fisher Folk in Staithes: Harold Knight's 'The Storm'. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 24th July 2025, 19th October 2025 and 27th January 2026, and to the South Bucks U3A Discovering Art study group at Rossetti Hall, Holmer Green, on 11th March 2026.

Read the summary: Artists and Fisher Folk in Staithes: Harold Knight's 'The Storm'

Wrong Sitter, Wrong Artist: Why is there a slave trade investor on the Art Gallery wall? A discussion of John Michael Wright's portrait of Sir Robert Vyner. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 28th November 2024 and 9th February 2025.

Read the summary: 'Sir Robert Vyner, Lord Mayor of London' (1674-75) by John Michael Wright

Lely or not Lely: 'Moses Tryon' and 'Lord Wharton and family'. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 12th May 2024 and 5th September 2024.

Read the summaries:
'Portrait of Moses Tryon' (c1646) attributed to Peter Lely
and
'Lord Wharton, Lady Wharton and their son Henry' (c1656) by an unknown artist

Hand on Hip with a Parrot: Joseph Highmore's portrait of Joseph Pettifer. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 4th February 2024 and 15th May 2025.

Read the summary: 'Portrait of Joseph Pettifer' (1745) by (school of) Joseph Highmore

Read the summary: 'Portrait of Lord Shelburne' (1782) by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Paul Stevenson: Chairs and Flying Temples. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 26th February 2023, 12th July 2023 and 25th January 2024. Based on Paul Stevenson - Chairs, flying temples, and why we need to experience the real thing. Illustrated talk at Buckinghamshire New University, on 1st May 2014.

Read the summary: 'The Blue Chair' (1992) by Paul Stevenson

Isabella and the Pot of Basil by George Manton. Illustrated Art Collection talk at Wycombe Museum, on 9th December 2022 and 27th April 2023.

Read the summary: 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (1919) by George Henry Grenville Manton