vintage print on photographer's card mount, 17 November 1907 ...

Floor -3 or from St Martin's Place. After Gallery closing hours, access is via St Martin’s Place only. Larry's will be closed on 24, 25 and 26 December 2024. On New Year's Eve the bar will be open ...

Donkin was instrumental in founding the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1822. His first major venture was the development of the Fourdrinier papermaking machine. Although the original idea was not ...

Cuban photographer, Korda was born Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez in Havana. The son of a railway worker he took various jobs before he became a photographer's assistant. He earned money by photographing ...

We are a living portrait of Britain. Through our Collection we inspire and enrich society, bringing to life the human stories that have shaped and are shaping our ever-changing history. The only way ...

A selection of portraits from 1485 to 1603, many of which are on display at the Gallery or at Montacute House, our regional partner in Somerset. Portraits below are listed in chronological order.

Watson is shown here at around the time she appeared at the Gaiety Theatre as Miss Robinson (A fitter at Parker's Stores) in the 1920 revival of The Shop Girl. Ivan Caryll's 'musical farce' had been ...

This frank sketch by her sister and closest confidante Cassandra is the only reasonably certain portrait from life to show Austen’s face. It is the basis for a late nineteenth-century engraving, ...

Poet; best known for her lyrical poems on the theme of unhappy love and loss; also wrote religious and meditative poetry and verse for children; among her best-known works are ''Goblin Market'' and '' ...

The Photographs collection consists of more than 250,000 original photographic images of which at least 130,000 are original negatives. They date from the 1840s to the present day. The collection is ...

Photographer Zoë Law’s Legends series celebrates over one hundred individuals from the worlds of art, fashion, business and entertainment. From World Cup-winning footballer, Sir Bobby Charlton, to the ...

Lawyer and Labour life peer; first woman president of the Cambridge Union (1967); called to the Bar (1970), Recorder (1985-93); Opposition Spokesman on home affairs and legal affairs (1992-7); ...