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

Sep 5, 2026   -   Sep 5, 2026


Lady Munnings’ Black Knight and Other Great Dogs of Exmoor – a talk by Graeme Horn

Saturday 5 September, 2pm-3.30pm
FREE | Places limited – booking recommended

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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 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 our What’s On page.

This talk forms part of a series that accompany the Museum’s exhibition, Sir Alfred Munnings: Exmoor Through the Seasons. Visit our What’s On page for more details and to book your place.

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