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Jeffrey Hudson was a dwarf who belonged to the court of Queen Henrietta Maria of England in the years before King Charles I was deposed. He was famous as the 'Queen's dwarf', and 'Lord Minimus', and ...

This is one of a pair of portraits (see also NPG 7052) by Iranian-born artist and film-maker Shirin Neshat. Neshat took a series of photographs before selecting two, onto which she has hand inscribed ...

Given by the artist's granddaughter, Mona M. Brown, 1922 ...

Alexander worked as both architect and engineer. As Surveyor to the London Dock Company, 1796-1831, he was responsible for the early development of the London Docks, and also designed lighthouses and ...

Arundel, a staunch Roman Catholic, was appointed Lord Steward and a councillor by Elizabeth on her accession. Deeply mistrusted, he was too powerful a subject for the Queen to alienate. He fell from ...

Emmanuel Levy was born in Manchester and studied art at Manchester School of Art, St Martin's School of Art, London, and in Paris. During the 1930s his influences included Cubism, Expressionism and ...

This portrait was painted in Paris during a period of crisis in Joyce’s life, when his daughter Lucia was experiencing debilitating mental illness. He was struggling with his last novel, Finnegans ...