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Talk by Graeme Horn: Lady Munnings Black Knight and Other Great Dogs of Exmoor

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The Square, BarnstapleSaturday 5. September 2026 2pmFree
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An exploration of life with the artist Sir Alfred and Lady Munnings as seen through the eyes of their beloved pet Pekinese.Black Knight became a media sensation…

An exploration of life with the artist Sir Alfred and Lady Munnings as seen through the eyes of their beloved pet Pekinese.Black Knight became a media sensation and even wrote an autobiography, with some help from Lady Munnings. Black Knight is just one of the now sadly forgotten Great Dogs of Exmoor.About the speaker
Graeme Horn is a volunteer with the Exmoor Society Archive in Dulverton and writer of local history articles for the Exmoor Magazine. He is currently researching the lives of the amateur archaeologist, Hazel Eardley Wilmot, and early twentieth century photographer, Alfred Vowles.
For more details about the Sir Alfred Munnings: Exmoor Through the Seasons exhibition, visit theMuseum's website [https://barnstaplemuseum.org.uk/whatson/sir-alfred-munnings-exmoor-through-the-seasons/].More talks in the series
This talk forms part of a series that accompany the Museums exhibition, Sir Alfred Munnings: Exmoor Through the Seasons. Visit the Museum's website [https://barnstaplemuseum.org.uk/whats-on/].

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