Six Lives in miniature. So thrilled to be giving a talk about these extraordinary women and their fascinating portraiture at the @NPGLondon next Friday. @sixthemusical will be performing too! Check out this link to find out more: https://t.co/zY0htRG5m3
From the @NPGLondon’s new exhibition, Six Lives, this newly re-discovered and conserved portrait of Queen Kateryn Parr was painted late in Henry VIII’s reign. In an extravagantly bejewelled gown, she displays her wealth and status. But, there’s another message here too …
So, "Anna Bollein Queen" had a double chin. Not a big deal.
Her daughter, Elizabeth I, is usually remembered as tall & slender but - and this is a little known fact about Elizabeth - she gained weight in the 1580s. Hilliard depicted her with an incipient double chin.
Explore the tumultuous history of one of Britain’s best-known public spaces with @DavidOlusoga in The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden, told using #BFINationalArchive footage as part of #StoryTrails.
📺 Sun 13 Nov, 9pm, @BBCTwo https://t.co/XKu4yl7LNO
Look at the beautiful work of Sarah Biffin (1784-1850) who painted miniatures without hands (she was born with phocomelia)! Had fascinating chat about her with @emmarutherford1 at Philip Mould & Co, which has a new exhibition of Biffin’s work, for an upcoming podcast episode.
What a @BBCFrontRow: Another female artist brought out of the shadows of neglected history. Discussing the remarkable career of 19th century society portrait painter Sarah Biffin with artist Alison Lapper. 715pm R4
https://t.co/b1Il35h0KX
Books | Against the odds—born in the 18th century without arms or legs—Sarah Biffin rose from life as a fairground attraction to become a professional and celebrated portrait miniaturist. Now, a new book offers a refreshing appraisal of her work and legacy
https://t.co/LcXAbWaIhZ
Two years of research and tracking down works have culminated in a new exhibition “Without Hands”
opening this Wednesday at our gallery in Pall Mall, featuring Sarah Biffin, born without arms and legs (1784), and who triumphed as a go-to Regency portraitist. All welcome.
Here is small film we have made on the “Amazing Sarah Biffin” - a highly accomplished 19th century portraitist born without arms and legs whose works we are exhibiting https://t.co/x1JeL6Tljt
On the 1st of November we open our exhibition on Sarah Biffin (1784 - 1850) - an uplifting story a woman born with phocomelia (leaving her without arms or legs) who nonetheless made a celebrated career as portrait painter, including four monarchs as her patron. 1/2