Timeless and Classic: Machin’s icon
This online exhibition from the British Postal Museum & Archive explores the evolution of Arnold Machin’s classic profile portrait of the Queen. Online exhibition homepage.
Portrait News Category
The London Letters of Samuel Molyneux, 1712-13
The London Letters of Samuel Molyneux, 1712-13 with an introduction and commentary by Paul Holden, hardback, 168 pp., illustrated in colour and B&W. Publication no 171 (2011), £20. In October 1712 Samuel Molyneux travelled from his native Dublin to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society in London. During his stay in England he corresponded […]
New York Public Library’s Digital Gallery of images
New York Public Library’s Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library’s vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.
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.
Portraits of Actors, Dramatists, Singers and Musicians online
The Portraits of Actors, 1720-1920 database includes almost 3,500 pictures of actors – studio portraits and actors posing in costume for a particular role or performing a scene from a play. Dramatists, theatrical managers, singers and musicians are also included, but the majority are British and American actors who worked between about 1770 and 1893. […]
