Prejudice & Pride

Installation Producers Richard Sandell, Julie Howell and Tom Butler

Site Kingston Lacey, Dorset

Year 2017

Kingston Lacy, a country house and estate in Dorset, was profoundly shaped by William Bankes, who fled England in 1841 to avoid prosecution for same-sex acts. Although forced to leave the home he loved, he continued to send back works of art and treasures.

EXILE was a research-led collaboration between RCMG and the National Trust at Kingston Lacy. As an installation, EXILE considered one of the most remarkable stories of Kingston Lacy – William John Bankes’ exile in 1841 – and marked fifty years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.