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Exhibition Review
The First Actresses. London
02/2012 | 1307 | 154
Pages: 134-135
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Reviewer:
Retford, Kate (Retford, Kate)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Actors and actresses
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Actors and actresses / Portraits / Women / Famous women
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons | institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Frances Abington as Miss Prue in ‘Love for Love’, by Joshua Reynolds. 1771. Canvas, 76.8 by 63.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
48. Eleanor (‘Nell’) Gwyn, by Simon Verelst. c.1680–85. Canvas, 93.5 by 74 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
49. Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, from the studio of Joshua Reynolds. 1784. Canvas, 238 by 146 cm. (Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
The Queen: Art and Image. Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 689-690
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Reviewer:
Stonard, John-Paul (Stonard, John-Paul)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Great Britain / National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain / National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain / National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Belfast / Cardiff / Edinburgh / London / Northern Ireland / Scotland / Wales / England
print:
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
subjects:
Paintings / Images
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Queen: Art and Image | institution: National Gallery of Scotland , institution: National Museum of Wales , institution: National Portrait Gallery , institution: Ulster Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Regent, by Pietro Annigoni. 1954–55. Canvas, 163.3 by 133.3 cm. (Fishmonger’s Company, London; exh. Ulster Mus­eum, Belfast).
Attributed works:
59. Lightness of being, by Chris Levine. 2007. Print on lightbox, 140 by 90 cm. (Private collection; exh. Ulster Mus­eum, Belfast).
Attributed works:
60. The Queen and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, by Thomas Struth. 2011. Photographic print, 175.8 by 218.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London; exh. Ulster Mus­eum, Belfast).
Exhibition Review
Hoppé. London
05/2011 | 1298 | 153
Pages: 342-343
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Hoppé, Emil Otto
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Hoppé, Emil Otto
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Portraits / Photographs / Photography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio & Street | institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. Tilly Losch, by E.O. Hoppé. 1928. Vintage gelatin silver print, 19.1 by 20.3 cm. (E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
41. Ezra Pound, by E.O. Hoppé. 1918. Vintage gelatin silver print, 16.2 by 10.5 cm. (E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Thomas Lawrence. London and New Haven
02/2011 | 1295 | 153
Pages: 119-120
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Reviewer:
Tromans, Nicholas (Tromans, Nicholas)
Subjects
artists:
Lawrence, Thomas
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
United States / New Haven / London / England
print:
Lawrence, Thomas
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power and Brilliance | institution: National Portrait Gallery , institution: Yale Center for British Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
42. Elizabeth Farren, later Countess of Derby, by Thomas Lawrence. 1790. Canvas, 238.8 by 146.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Attributed works:
43. George Canning, by Thomas Lawrence. 1822. Canvas, 90.2 by 69.9 cm. (Private collection; exh. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Attributed works:
44. Robert Banks Jenkinson, later 2nd Earl of Liverpool, by Thomas Lawrence. 1793–96. Canvas, 127 by 101.6 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London; exh. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Exhibition Review
Camille Silvy. London
10/2010 | 1291 | 152
Pages: 690-691
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
artists:
Silvy, Camille
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Silvy, Camille
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Photography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Camille Silvy. Photographer of Modern Life | institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Studies in light: twilight, by Camille Silvy. 1859. Photograph, 28.1 by 22.1 cm. (Private collection, Paris; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
37. Adelina Patti as Harriet in Friedrich von Flotow’s ‘Martha’, by Camille Silvy. 1861. Photograph, 8.7 by 6 cm. (Private collection, Paris; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Constable Portraits. London and Compton Verney
05/2009 | 1274 | 151
Pages: 331-332
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Reviewer:
Belsey, Hugh (Belsey, Hugh)
Subjects
artists:
Constable, John
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain / Compton Verney, nr Kineton, Warwickshire, Great Britain
places:
London / England / Warwickshire
print:
Constable, John
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Constable Portraits | institution: Compton Verney , institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. Portrait of Mary Freer, by John Constable. 1809. Canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
55. Portrait of Mrs James Pulham, by John Constable. 1818. Canvas, 75.6 by 62.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Wyndham Lewis
09/2008 | 1266 | 150
Pages: 625-626
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Reviewer:
Causey, Andrew (Causey, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Lewis, Wyndham
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Lewis, Wyndham
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Wyndham Lewis Portraits | institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
54. T.S. Eliot, by Wyndham Lewis. 1938. 133.3 by 85.1 cm. (Durban Municipal Art Gallery; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
55. Froanna (Portrait of the artist’s wife), by Wyndham Lewis. 1937. Canvas, 76 by 63.5 cm. (Glasgow City Council; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
56. Portrait of the artist as the painter Raphael, by Wyndham Lewis. 1921. Canvas, 76.3 by 68.6 cm. (Manchester City Galleries; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Eighteenth-century bluestockings. London
08/2008 | 1265 | 150
Pages: 560-561
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Reviewer:
Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1700-1799
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
British art
print:
Bluestockings
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Women / Portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Brilliant Women. 18th-Century Bluestockings | institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
42. Elizabeth Montagu, by Allan Ramsay. 1762. Canvas, 125.7 by 100.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
43. Portraits in the characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo (The nine living Muses of Great Britain), by Richard Samuel. 1778. Canvas, 132.1 by 154.9 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
44. ‘Friendship box’, by Christian Friedrich Zincke. c.1740. Enamel and gold, 4.2 by 5.2 by 2.5 cm. (Stuart Collection; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Pop art and photography. London
12/2007 | 1257 | 149
Pages: 873-875
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Reviewer:
Whitfield, Sarah (Whitfield, Sarah; Whitfield, Mrs)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1950-1959 / 1960-1969
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain / Hayward Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Pop art
print:
Photography
print:
Portraiture
private galleries:
Gagosian Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Photographs / Photography / Pop art
subjects:
Portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pop Art is . . . | institution: Gagosian Gallery
subjects:
Pop Art Portraits | institution: National Portrait Gallery
subjects:
The Painting of Modern Life | institution: Hayward Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
79. For men only – starring MM and BB, by Peter Phillips. 1961. Oil and collage on canvas, 26 by 15.3 cm. (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
80. Family portrait, by Malcolm Morley. 1968. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 172.7 by 172.7 cm. (Detroit Institute of Arts; exh. Hayward Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
81. Transom, by Robert Rauschenberg. 1963. Mixed media and silkscreen on canvas, 142.2 by 127 cm. (Exh. Gagosian Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Hockney’s portraits. Boston, Los Angeles and London
08/2006 | 1241 | 148
Pages: 569-571
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Reviewer:
Kernan, Nathan (Kernan, Nathan)
Subjects
artists:
Hockney, David
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States / National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
United States / Los Angeles / London / England / Boston
print:
Hockney, David
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Portraits
Reviewed Items
subjects:
David Hockney\'s Portraits | institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Museum of Fine Arts , institution: National Portrait Gallery
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Celia in a black dress with white flowers, by David Hockney. 1972. Coloured crayon on paper, 43.2 by 35.6 cm. (Private collection, New York, courtesy of Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
64. Self-portrait, by David Hockney.1954. Collage on newsprint, 41.9 by 29.8 cm. (Private collection; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
65. Gregory Evans, by David Hockney. 2005. Canvas, 182.9 by 91.4 cm. (The artist; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Attributed works:
66. Nicholas Wilder studying Picasso, Los Angeles, 24th March 1982, by David Hockney. 1982. Composite Polaroid, 123.2 by 67.3 cm. (The artist; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
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