Writer and Poet Rudyard Kipling, was born #OTD 1865. Kipling was unequalled as an observer of the Raj and as a commentator on the duties and obligations of the empire. He is now recognised as one of the major talents of his time. See this portrait in room 28 of the Gallery. #free
This portrait of Dame Barbara Hepworth at work on the armature of a sculpture, by photographer Ida Kar, is our #PortraitoftheDay. Born and raised in Wakefield, Hepworth's work paralleled that of Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson in achieving an international status for British art.
In celebration of Thomas Ruff’s first major London retrospective @_TheWhitechapel, @NPGLondon, displays selected works from the photographer’s Porträts (Portraits) series. Until 21 January. https://t.co/mis2428TAo
Character studies were a major part of Cézanne’s work from 1890. This work, of an ‘Old Woman with a Rosary’, portrays a sitter whose features reflect a life of manual labour and whose piety goes with the territory. See it in #CézannePortraits until 11 Feb. https://t.co/we0OVQVMvk
Today @StStephenEC4N we have our lunchtime Eucharist at 12.45pm with St Stephen's Voices followed by a service of Holy Baptism. It is tremendous this year, as well as our many Carol Services, to have also celebrated a wedding and a baptism during Advent.
For the @smitf_london refugee action programme in 1972, @gillyszego showed Mother and Child, as part of efforts to raise awareness of the plight of refugees. Mother and Child can seen again as part of Gilly Szego: A Retrospective @ProteinStudios from 7 to 12 December 2017. https://t.co/K0asSpeblk