Elizabeth I's last favourite. Described as having 'a nature not to be ruled', Essex organised royal entertainment in his capacity as Master of the Horse. Confirmed as a popular hero when he took Cadiz ...

Smith was a respected captain who began his naval career at thirteen and joined the White Star Line in 1880. On 10 April 1912 the Titanic set sail from Southampton with just over 2,200 on board. Four ...

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Alice Hughes (1857-1939), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 54 portraits. Tony White, Printer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait. George Nathaniel Curzon, Lord Curzon, is ...

The Liberals, led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman under a promise of reform, win a landslide victory in the general election. Electors vote to end two decades dominated by Conservative rule, with ...

A major court painting by Sir John Lavery will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery on 2nd July 2003, depicting the controversial appeal of Roger Casement, the Irish folk hero who was hanged ...

Join Ekow Eshun, curator of The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, in conversation with Dorothy Price, curator of the Royal Academy’s Entangled Pasts, 1768–now: Art, Colonialism and ...

Anne Frances Driver (née Wilshaw), Wife of Charles Ronald Driver; daughter of Sir Edward Wilshaw. Sitter in 3 portraits. Charles Ronald Driver (1921-2009), Airman and financier; father of Minnie ...

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Jamaican-born Grace Beverly Jones moved to New York aged 13 with her siblings to be with their parents. Aged 18 she signed was signed to Wilehelmina Modelling Agency working in New York before moving ...

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Dr Samuel Johnson by Sir Joshua Reynolds has now returned on display in Room 12 after a substantial period in conservation. This has revealed some fascinating insights into how the portrait was ...