Audio Descriptions from (Un)Defining Queer Participants

Below you can listen to audio descriptions of works on display in the (Un)Defining Queer exhibition, written and recorded by (Un)Defining Queer Participants.


Walter Crane, Proof from ‘Little Red Riding Hood’s Picture Book’: ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Accession Number:
WCA.1.1.1.1.4.4 Source: the Whitworth

Listen to an audio description of Walter Crane’s Proof from Little Red Riding Hood’s’ Picture Book’: ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, written and recorded by (Un)Defining Queer Participant Bria:

You can view and download a transcript of the audio description for this piece here:



Marcantonio Raimondi (1480 (c)-1534 (c)), The Two Sons of Noah, line engraving. Gifted by George Thomas Clough in 1921. Accession Number:
P.3103. Source: the Whitworth

Listen to an audio description of Marcantonia Raimondi’s The Two Sons of Noah, written and recorded by (Un)Defining Queer participant Belshah:

You can view and download a transcript of the audio description for this piece here:


Gold thread and silk brocade or kinkhab. Benares, India. C.1890. Accession number: T.1983.45. Source: the Whitworth

Listen to an audio description of this gold thread and silk brocade or kinkhab, which was part of the acquisition of the last Maharaja of Punjab- Duleep Singh, written and recorded by (Un)Defining Queer Participant Arshya:

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Pearl Alcock, Floating Mermaids, drawing in wax crayon, c.1987. Accession number: D.2010.316 Source: the Whitworth

Listen to an audio description of Pearl Alcock’s Floating Mermaids, written and recorded by (Un)Defining Queer participant Ruby:


Sarah-Joy Ford, Chain Reactions II , digital print and digital machine embroidery and freehand quilting on cotton with polyester wadding. C.2021. Accession number: T.2022.5

Listen to an audio description of Sarah-Joy Ford’s Chain Reactions II, written and recorded by (Un)Defining Queer participant Sean below: