Walls Have Ears

Credits & rights

Everything attributed.

Every artwork on these routes is in the public domain. Every image is public domain, CC0 or a Creative Commons licence that allows this use, sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Scripts are original; facts are drawn from the sources linked in each transcript.

Voice

Narration is synthetic (ElevenLabs, RP voice “Bea”, model eleven_v3), generated on a paid plan with commercial rights. The narrator is not a human being.

Independence

Walls Have Ears is an independent personal project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Tate. “Tate” is a trade mark of the Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery; it is used here only to say where these paintings hang. Room numbers change — always follow gallery signage.

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Acoustics

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01

A Walk Through British Art: 1545–1914

  • A Man in a Black Cap — John Bettes the Elder

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Bettes the Elder

  • The Cholmondeley Ladies — British School

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Anonymous Unknown author (British School, 17th century)

  • The Painter and his Pug — William Hogarth

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · The Tate Britain

  • Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen — Sir Joshua Reynolds

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Joshua Reynolds

  • Haymakers — George Stubbs

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · George Stubbs

  • The Ghost of a Flea — William Blake

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · William Blake

  • The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 — John Singleton Copley

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Singleton Copley

  • The Great Day of His Wrath — John Martin

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Martin

  • Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose — John Singer Sargent

    CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Multiple Aurthors

  • Ennui — Walter Sickert

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Walter Sickert

  • The Dogana, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows — John Constable

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Constable

02

Pre-Raphaelites: Truth & Beauty

  • Christ in the House of His Parents (The Carpenter's Shop) — John Everett Millais

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Everett Millais

  • Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  • Ophelia — John Everett Millais

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Everett Millais

  • Our English Coasts, 1852 ('Strayed Sheep') — William Holman Hunt

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · William Holman Hunt

  • The Awakening Conscience — William Holman Hunt

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · William Holman Hunt

  • Beata Beatrix — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  • The Beloved ('The Bride') — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  • Proserpine — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  • The North-West Passage — John Everett Millais

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John Everett Millais

  • The Golden Stairs — Edward Burne-Jones

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Edward Burne-Jones

  • King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid — Edward Burne-Jones

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Edward Burne-Jones

  • The Lady of Shalott — John William Waterhouse

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · John William Waterhouse

03

Turner: Light, Sea, Storm

  • Fishermen at Sea — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Self-Portrait — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Peace – Burial at Sea — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Sunrise with Sea Monsters — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Sunrise, a Castle on a Bay: 'Solitude' — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • A Disaster at Sea — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Seascape with Storm Coming On — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • Yacht Approaching the Coast — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner

  • The Shipwreck — J.M.W. Turner

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · J. M. W. Turner