Suave, soi-disant, sophisticated and suffused with Gallic gravitas, the impressionist painter Adolphe Valette brought French élan to the smoke and fogs of Edwardian Manchester. John Alker will perambulate amongst the master’s haunts and habitations.

Suave, soi-disant, sophisticated and suffused with Gallic gravitas, the impressionist painter Adolphe Valette brought French élan to the smoke and fogs of Edwardian Manchester. John Alker will perambulate amongst the master’s haunts and habitations.