《主保圣人:史丹利•斯宾塞作品集》是在库克汉姆著名的斯坦利•斯宾塞画廊（Stanley Spencer Gallery）举办的一个全新展览，该画廊是斯宾塞的精神家园和主要灵感来源。展览汇集了一系列精彩的借展作品，包括《百夫长的仆人》(泰特美术馆)、《荒原上的爱情》(菲茨威廉博物馆)、《约翰-多恩抵达天堂》(菲茨威廉博物馆)，以及一件50多年来从未在公共领域出现的作品。展览和目录探讨了斯宾塞和他的资助人之间往往复杂的关系，以及促使他们收藏他的作品的原因。《主保圣人:史丹利•斯宾塞作品集》探讨了斯宾塞作为一为艺术名人的出现，研究了那些帮助他的人，以及为什么他——以及他的受欢迎程度——是以社会和经济焦虑为特征的时代潮流（20世纪上半叶）的产物。

Patron Saints: Collecting Stanley Spencer is a revealing new exhibition at the renowned Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham – Spencer’s spiritual home and major source of inspiration. The exhibition draws together a spectacular collection of loans, including The Centurion’s Servant (Tate); Love on the Moor (Fitzwilliam); John Donne Arriving in Heaven, (Fitzwilliam) and one work not seen in the public domain in over 50 years. The exhibition and catalogue examine the often complex relationships between Spencer and his patrons and what drove them to collect his work.

Patron Saints: Collecting Stanley Spencer explores the emergence of Spencer as an artistic personality, looking at those who helped him and why he – and his popularity – was a product of the zeitgeist (first half of the twentieth century) characterised by social and economic anxiety.