British Portraits

'Understanding British Portraits' is an active professional network for curators, scholars, collections-based learning colleagues and conservators.

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

.@sheffielduni and @NPGLondon are inviting applications for a @WRoCAH funded Collaborative Doctoral Award on the subject of The Female Miniaturist 1680-1840: Recovering Lives, Practices and Representations. Deadline is 5 March 2025; further details here: https://t.co/optO6DbIOG

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

This is an absolutely fascinating new resource and we're so proud to have been able to support Rebecca's research. The Research Spotlight brings together paintings, photography, sketches, letters and official documents to shine a light on a compelling and underappreciated artist.

[Leeds Lib Galleries @LULGalleries]

Our very own Rebecca Wade, has been hard at work as an @UBPnetwork Fellow. Her work has been focussed on this 1861 portrait of the politician Richard Cobden by the artist Emma Aloysia Novello.

Read more: https://t.co/AEIbgEi5zr

[RCP museum @RCPmuseum]

Nobel winners, inspiring women, the pompous, the vain & a reluctant revolutionary - @RCPhysicians art collection has it all. Not to mention artists like Johan Zoffany, Mary Beale & Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Explore with a special portrait tour, 22 May: https://t.co/jOuUJEm4NK
@artfund

[Liberty Paterson (@libertypaterson.bsky.social) @LibertyPaterson]

CfP: 'The British Empire in the Art Gallery: Discourses, Practices, Publics'
📌@NPGLondon 27 Sept 2024
Deadline: 31 May

Join us to critically discuss the empire and the art gallery. Organised by @sean_cham_ and I with @MuseumsBirkbeck.

See: https://t.co/1yL2NgZ5tI
Pls share!

[Gawthorpe Hall @NTGawthorpe]

Fantastic opportunity to study 17th century textiles and paintings in east Lancashire, with @RBKS_Textiles and @LancsMuseums in Gawthorpe Hall.

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

Register now for our visit to Gawthorpe Hall and Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, organised in collaboration with @DATSnetwork, taking place on Tuesday 14 May. The event will explore connections between 17th-century portraits, dress & textiles. Details here: https://t.co/IkjM8vDbRF

[Lancashire Museums @LancsMuseums]

Really excited to be hosting @UBPnetwork at #GawthorpeHall on 14 May alongside the Textile Collection. Come and see some fantastic textiles and paintings, more details below.

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

Also in the @guardian: https://t.co/B2ztAAIie4

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

Recent coverage of one of our current Understanding British Portraits Fellows' research projects: really proud to be able to support Kate and her investigation into this important artwork.

[BBC North West @BBCNWT]

A museum is appealing for information on the subject of a beguiling Victorian era painting known as The Black Boy, who may have lived in Liverpool https://t.co/CBoXfE419Y

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

CfP: The Association of Dress Historians @dresshistorians are welcoming submissions for presentations on the theme of Dress & Painting: Clothing and Textiles in Art, for their International Conference taking place @NPGLondon 7-8 October 2024. Details here: https://t.co/2B7zIP4dJ3

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

At Charleston today: this 1931 series of 48 plates painted by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant showcases the portraits of great women from history, commissioned by @NationalGallery Director, Kenneth Clark. @CharlestonTrust

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

Really excited about the forthcoming Holbein at the Tudor Court exhibition opening @RCT on 10 November.

A sneak peek features in today’s @Guardian: https://t.co/wAUHiDkqJG

#HolbeinExhibition

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

It was great to have you there and thank you for such insightful contributions! 😊

[George Baines @walshamboy]

Great Understanding British Portraits seminar at @NPGLondon today @UBPnetwork

I even asked a question on a microphone!

[Emma Shepley @Emma_Shepley]

@BruceHistorian @UBPnetwork @NPGLondon Great talk - so fascinating to know more about Henry Room & his @RCPmuseum medical portraits

[Oliver McCall @OliMcCall]

Looking forward to being back at @NPGLondon tomorrow to chair the @UBPnetwork annual seminar. Lots of great speakers on the bill and sure to be interesting conversations. More info here: https://t.co/OAUwQiwLmQ

[Bruce E. Baker @BruceHistorian]

I'm excited to be moving in a new (to me) direction with a talk at the @NPGLondon tomorrow for the @UBPnetwork Annual Seminar about Henry Room (1803-1850), who painted a lot of Nonconformist ministers & missionaries, like Rev. John Angell James of Birmingham.

[Oliver McCall @OliMcCall]

Delighted to be at the NPG today to chair the Understanding British Portraits @UBPnetwork research network annual seminar. Looking forward to hearing about some recent groundbreaking exhibitions and lots of interesting discussion.

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

Come and hear Lauren's paper as part of a fascinating programme exploring new portrait-related research and museum projects. Open to everyone in the museum/heritage/arts/academic sectors.

Further info and booking here: https://t.co/YkWj7MbWPO

[Lauren Cochrane @LaurenBroon]

I am co-presenting a paper at this @NPGLondon event discussing the findings of my @SWWDTP funded research placement with the @NTKingstonLacy. I will be highlighting some of Kingston Lacy's colonial connections and legacies, so apply for your ticket if you're interested!

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

Join us next week @NPGLondon for the UBP Annual Seminar: our platform for the museum/heritage/arts/academic sectors to share new work: portrait-focused research, conservation, audience engagement, co-production & interpretation.

Details and booking here: https://t.co/YkWj7MbWPO

[British Portraits @UBPnetwork]

We're delighted to share a new series of short films produced by Robert Meakings, Collections & House Officer @NTKillerton as part of the UBP Fellowship-supported research project: Portraits, Patronage & Politics: The Aclands in Oil.

Watch the films here: https://t.co/yn8VYZLx8O