This event comprised expert-led tours of three important portrait collections gathered by banking and financial institutions in London. The group visited the collections at Coutts & Co., Goldsmiths’ Hall, and N M Rothschild & Sons. Please see the PDFs below for the programme and references to further reading.

Banking & financial institutions portrait collections 7 July 2016 – programme

Banking & financial institutions portrait collections 7 July 2016 – further reading

Benn's Club, group portrait of six Aldermen of the City of London, John Faber the Younger after a painting by Thomas Hudson of 1752 now in the collection of the Goldsmiths' Company © The Trustees of the British Museum

Benn’s Club, group portrait of six Aldermen of the City of London, John Faber the Younger after a painting by Thomas Hudson of 1752 in the collection of the Goldsmiths’ Company © The Trustees of the British Museum