Members of the 'Understanding British Portraits' network at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, part of the Portrait Collections in Edinburgh event 18 September 2015

Collections & Acquisitions Category

Conrad Ackner and Hazel Lavery, by Sir John Lavery, 1929 © BDA Dental Museum

Conrad Ackner treating Lady Lavery, by Sir John Lavery dated 1929

The British Dental Association Museum has purchased a portrait of ‘gum guru’ Conrad Ackner treating Lady Lavery in a painting by her husband Sir John Lavery. The painting will be a key exhibit in the museum’s home on Wimpole Street, London. It is thought to be one of the only accurate depictions of an early […]

Vere Egerton, Mrs William Booth (m. 1619) attributed to Robert Peake the elder (c.1551-1619) c.1619, Dunham Massey, Cheshire © National Trust Images/Matthew Hollow

Vere Egerton, Mrs William Booth at Dunham Massey, National Trust

The National Trust has purchased a whole length portrait believed to depict Vere Egerton, who married William Booth of Dunham in 1619. The painting is attributed to Robert Peake (c.1551-1619). See the National Trust’s blog entryon the acquisition here.