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Oct 10, 2024 · National Portrait Gallery, London. Open daily from 10.30. Free admission. We look after the world’s greatest collection of portraits.
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Schools hub is the Gallery's free online learning resource hub designed to support Art & Design and History through portraiture. It features more than 150 newly commissioned learning …
Six Lives - National Portrait Gallery
Sep 8, 2024 · ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Daily Telegraph ‘Superb’ - Financial Times ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times. Tudor paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger and contemporary photography by Hiroshi …
Identity through portraiture: the self - National Portrait Gallery
Everlyn Nicodemus is an artist, writer and curator. She has been described as ‘one of the strongest feminist Feminist Having or based on the belief that women should have the same …
The Queen’s Likeness: Portraits of Elizabeth I
During the course of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I became a public icon. Her likeness appeared on a large number of objects - from the coins in purses to large-scale painted portraits. These …
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Portrait of a Top Boy. We teamed up with Netflix to mark the final season of Top Boy.Featuring portraits of the iconic cast of characters by 16 established and emerging UK-based artists, this …
How to analyse a portrait - National Portrait Gallery
Artists use a wide range of tools to communicate meaning in a portrait – to create a particular mood or atmosphere and to tell a story about the sitter Sitter A person who sits or stands …
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Digital guide. Explore the Collection and access exclusive content around our exhibitions through our new digital guide, available on Bloomberg Connects
Kings and Queens: a family tree - National Portrait Gallery
The origins of kingship in England can be traced to the second century BC when Celtic and Belgic tribesmen, emigrated from continental Europe and settled in Britain displacing or absorbing the …
King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger
Henry VIII (1491–1547) came to the throne in 1509. He was the second Tudor Tudor Connected with the time when kings and queens from the Tudor family ruled England (1485–1603). …