Marcus Risdell
Memberships (professional bodies)
Association of Performing Arts Collections SSN (co-chair).
Central London Historic Collections Group.
Theatre Library Association.
Committee of the Society for Theatre Research.
Association of Pall Mall Libraries.
Career summary
Freelance art historian/Digital Archivist, Curator at the Garrick Club Collections & Library.
Areas of interest / research
Theatrical and performance iconography.
Details of books/publications relating to your work on British portraiture
‘Picturing Rich’ in The Stage’s Glory – John Rich (1692-1761), University of Delaware Press, 2011.
The Face & Figure of Shakespeare: How Britain’s 18th century sculptors invented a National Hero, (co-curator, author & editor of exhibition and catalogue), Orleans House Gallery, 2009.