The National Portrait Gallery houses the most substantial collection of portraits in the world. The portraits are of historically important and famous British people from the 16th century to the present day. This course of talks will be given chronologically and will take us on a journey through British history from the reigns of the Tudors and Stuarts, through the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras, and via the Modern day to contemporary times.
| NPG01 | The Tudors 16th Century Eworth, Hilliard, Holbein, Gheeraerts Read More » Details to follow. |
| NPG02 | The Stuarts 17th Century Honthorst, Mytens, Rubens, Van Dyck Read More » Details to follow. |
| NPG03 | The Restoration 17th Century Lely, Beale, Kneller, Mignard Read More » Details to follow. |
| NPG04 | The Georgians 18th Century Hogarth, Ramsay, Hayman, Reynolds Read More » Details to follow. |
| NPG05 | The Regency 18th Century Gainsborough, Stubbs, Lawrence, Kauffman Read More » Details to follow. |
| NPG06 | The Victorians 19th Century Millais, Rossetti, Watts, Leighton Read More » Details to follow. |
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| NPG07 | The Edwardians 20th Century Singer Sargent, Bell, Fry, Grant, John Read More » Details to follow. |
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| NPG08 | Modernism (Part I) 20th Century Nicholson, Dobson, Wood, Bomberg, Lowry Read More » Details to follow. |
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| NPG09 | Modernism (Part II) 20th Century Agar, Hepworth, Heron, Smith, Sutherland, Gunn, Boty Read More » Details to follow. |
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| NPG10 | Contemporary 20th & 21st Centuries Auerbach, Ofili, Gilbert & George, Taylor-Wood, Hockney Read More » Details to follow. |
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