From the 14th century the woodworking trades that organised themselves in English cities consisted of sawyers, carpenters, joiners, carvers, turners, and associated trades like wheelwrights, ...

A talk on a chosen portrait in the Gallery's Collection, delivered every day at 11.00 and 14.00 ...

One of the central figures at the start of the English Revolution. He entered Parliament as an MP in 1621, eight years before Charles I dissolved Parliament. Ship Money was a tax sometimes levied on ...

Diana (née Bridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907-1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford. 15 Portraits Hariot (née Alston), Lady Abdy (1819-1877), Wife of Sir ...

Sir Arthur Ralph Wilmot, 7th Bt (1909-1942), Soldier. Sitter in 10 portraits. Pamela Vera (née Garrard), Lady Wilmot (later Cathcart) (1910-1987), Former wife of Sir Arthur Ralph Wilmot, 7th Bt, and ...

The timeline below will take you through the National Portrait Gallery's history, from how it came to be in existence to the present day. To use, click the arrows on either side of the slides to go ...

Guided by expert tutors from Britain’s oldest embroidery atelier Hand & Lock, you will delve into the art of goldwork, a technique that once adorned the garments of royalty, including those of Queen ...

Edwards was born in Batley, Yorkshire and initially served as an army driver-mechanic in the Second World War, before going on to study biology, eventually specialising in human fertilisation. In ...

The National Gallery catalogue, The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings, vol. 1, Paintings from Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona was published in 2004. In his magnificent catalogue, Nicholas Penny ...

Margaret Thatcher introduces a Poll Tax. 'The Community Charge' replaced the old 'Rates' system of local taxation based on the value of property in favour of a flat rate for all householders. With ...

At eighteen Blundell became a farm hand in Kenya, later buying a farm at Solai in the Rift valley. His political career began in 1948 when he became elected Member of Parliament in the Kenyan ...