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Annual Seminar 2013

Posted: 2013

The Hon. Elizabeth Evelyn Harbord, Lady Hastings (1860 - 1956) by Archibald James Stuart-Wortley (1849-1905). National Trust, Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland © National Trust Images/John Hammond

This year’s Annual Seminar will be held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Wednesday 27 November. We’re delighted to confirm that the chairpersons will be Professor Shearer West, Head of Humanities Division at the University of Oxford, and Professor Jos Hackforth-Jones, Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.   The full programme and booking details will be announced here[...]

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Portraits, frames and technology by Rebecca Milner

Posted: 17 April 2013

Pulse Index, 2010, Rafael Lozano Hemmer - AntiModular Research © Rafael Lozano Hemmer - AntiModular Research

  Last month I attended the excellent Portrait Network seminar Copy, Version and Multiple: the replication and distribution of portrait imagery. I was particularly interested in the papers on Lely’s studio practice and Victorian carte-de-visite portrait photographs but the last talk of the day by video artist Marty St James resonated unexpectedly with another area of interest. In September last[...]

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Portrait of Lord Auckland

Posted: 24 January 2013

Portrait of Lord Auckland © National Railway Museum

This portrait is in the collection of the National Railway Museum. Thoughts on the artist’s identity would be appreciated – please use the ‘add a comment’ facility below.   Details: Painting, oil on canvas Portrait of Lord Auckland, Director (1863-1884) and Deputy Chairman, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (1884-1890). 766 x 636mm Lord Auckland was[...]

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