A Parliamentarian general and politician, Lambert was second only in power to Cromwell, after the death of Ireton. He displayed great tactical and organisational skill during the civil wars and was a ...

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

Portrait of Mai (Omai), c. 1776, image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, London and Getty Purchased jointly with the J. Paul Getty Trust, with significant support from the National Heritage ...

Born in London, Bassano received artistic training in the studios of painters Augustus Egg and William Beverley, and at Thomas Heatherley's Art School. He opened his first photographic studio in 1850 ...

Painter, printmaker and designer, best known for the compelling realism of his portraits. He learnt painting from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, and worked in Basle, Switzerland, before moving to ...

Born into slavery around 1743, and known as Toussaint de Bréda on the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue, Toussaint L'Ouverture's leadership of the Haitian Revolution has made him an ...

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje, in what is now Macedonia, of Albanian parents. In 1928 she joined the sisters of Loreto and began teaching at a St Mary's School in Calcutta becoming ...

This portrait was painted by the Irish artist, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, while living in Rome. It depicts Bonnie Prince Charlie in old age, which he passed in rather pathetic retirement in Rome. He was ...

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 ...