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More trompe l'oeil frames (including Henry VII's, who married wife 1 on 18 Jan 1486)...

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#Frames #TrompeLOeilFrames #Illusions #15thCenturyFrames #HenryVII #NationalPortraitGallery #NGofIreland #Rijksmuseum #TheFrameBlog
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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So today's London highlights were visiting the #NationalPortraitGallery, seeing many great pieces of art and hearing a young woman gush to her friend about #AdaLovelace being the first computer programmer and hearing the friends incredulous response of "She was what??"

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Two large painted portraits, one of a lady in a white dress with a red sash, Ada Lovelace, and the other of a man in a black suit, Charles Babbage. Black and white photographic portrait of four children, three girls and a boy. They are Alice Liddell (sitting in a chair, on the left of the picture in a white dress and black hat) and her siblings, in a photo taken by Lewis Carroll. Yes, she's that Alice.
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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Don’t let America’s big idea dissolve into something else #Smithsonian #NationalPortraitGallery #GeorgeWashington #AbrahamLincoln #AmericanHistory
Don’t let America’s big idea dissolve into something else
I love being at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Among other exhibits, it houses America’s official presidential portraits, which I find so compelling I visit and revisit them. I’m especially intrigued by the unfinished Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and the life-size portrait of Abraham Lincoln. I am profoundly grateful to […] The post Don’t let America’s big idea dissolve into something else first appeared on Notisia 365.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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15 January 1859: The National Portrait Gallery in London opened to the public. #History #NationalPortraitGallery
The National Portrait Gallery in London.
January 15, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Trump thinks that because he's president, he can rewrite history. This time it's about his portrait change and the text that accompanied it.

#Trump #Smithsonian #NationalPortraitGallery #history #slavery #Confederacy
It will be the Trump Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery soon
It's only a matter of time before Trump changes the name.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Is a Smithsonian rebrand next? With 62% federal funding, the WH is purging "improper ideology." Impacts: Portrait Gallery shifts and 1,200 grants briefly cut. Is a name change coming? #Smithsonian #NationalPortraitGallery
January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Londoners love the fact most of their beloved institutions (Not all) offer opportunities for those without money to see paid shows. Two hours well speant at #NationalPortraitGallery #CecilBeaton exhibition, thanks to their #PayWhatYouCan scheme last night. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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A #trump ofcl complained about that passage months earlier, when Trump was trying to force out the #nationalportraitgallery dir.

The placard has been replaced with one whose caption is so short that the outline of the old sign is visible on the wall, simply noting Trump’s years in office. It […]
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January 11, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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The #nationalportraitgallery removed a swath of text that mentioned Trump’s 2 #impeachments & the #jan6, 2021, #insurrection as it swapped out a prominent photo of him this week.
#trump & the White House posted on social media Fri & Sat to highlight the updated portrait in the “America’s […]
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January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Cecil Beaton by Paul Tanqueray
photograph
1937
National Portrait Gallery, London
© Estate of Paul Tanqueray

#cecilbeaton #paultanqueray #photograph #portrait #portraitphotography #photography #photographer #nationalportraitgallery #London #uk #circa1937
January 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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A #Twixmas glimpse into #CecilBeaton's Fashionable World at #nationalportraitgallery #london💕
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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🇺🇸 Washington, D.C. Family Travel Guide
#washingtondc #dc #familytravel #thenationalmall #nationalairandspacemuseum #whitehouse #smithsonian #uscapitol #nationalmuseumofamericanhistory #washingtonmonument #supremecourt #libraryofcongress #nationalarchives #nationalportraitgallery
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C. Family Travel Guide
6 Days in the Nation’s Capital
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December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I’ve been looking back at some of the exhibitions I saw over the summer. One of the most inspiring was a show by the great Jenny Saville at the National Portrait Gallery in London

#jennysaville #nationalportraitgallery
#portrait #womensart
Study of woman holding two infants by Jenny Saville Drawing of pregnant women with infant by Jenny Saville Larger than life-size oil painting of woman’s head by Jenny Saville Semi-abstract painting of two children being held by Jenny Saville
December 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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✈️ Heading Home from Washington, D.C.
#washingtondc #dc #familytravel #thenationalmall #nationalairandspacemuseum #whitehouse #smithsonian #uscapitol #nationalmuseumofamericanhistory #washingtonmonument #supremecourt #libraryofcongress #nationalarchives #nationalportraitgallery
✈️ Heading Home from Washington, D.C.
Our week in Washington, D.C.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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“Jane Mathilda Bolin” by Betsy Graves Reyneau (American) - Oil on canvas / 1944 - National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #BetsyGravesReyneau #BetsyGraves #Reyneau #NationalPortraitGallery #artText #BlueskyArt #JaneMatildaBolin #WomenPaintingWomen
This oil painting shows Jane Mathilda Bolin, an African American woman in her mid-thirties, seated in left profile but turning her head to meet our gaze. Bolin was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School (1931) and, in 1939, the first Black woman appointed to a judgeship in the United States, sworn in by New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. American artist Betsy Graves Reyneau traveled to New York in January 1944 to paint her, choosing professionalism with clasped hands, a turned body, and a gaze that refuses to soften. Her medium-deep brown skin is modeled with warm tans and cool shadows, emphasizing a focused, slightly furrowed expression that’s calm, guarded, and resolute. Bolin’s dark hair is swept up and back in soft rolls. She wears a vivid crimson coat with a high, turned collar and broad lapel. Its saturated red dominates the composition and catches subtle highlights along the sleeve and shoulder to become a declaration of visibility like authority made present, on her own terms. Her hands rest together in her lap, fingers interlaced, with neatly painted red nails. A wedding band and a wristwatch feel like practical jewelry. Behind her, a flat, deep teal background creates a stage-like stillness that pushes her figure forward. Light falls from the left, brightening her forehead and cheekbone, while the far side of her face recedes into cooler tones. No props interrupt our encounter do authority is carried in posture, restraint, and presence. Reyneau painted this portrait in 1944 for the Harmon Foundation’s exhibition “Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin,” which opened at the Smithsonian in 1944 and toured for a decade to counter racist stereotypes.
December 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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“Anna May Wong” by Dorothy Wilding (British) - Hand-colored bromide print (by Beatrice Johnson) / 1929 - National Portrait Gallery (London, England) #WomenInArt #DorothyWilding #BeatriceJohnson #NPG #NationalPortraitGallery #art #artText #BlueskyArt #OldHollywood #AnnaMayWong #WomenPaintingWomen
Made in 1929, this portrait captures Anna May Wong (黃柳霜, Wong Liu Tsong) when she was reshaping her career in the U.K., seeking roles (like the London-set film Piccadilly) beyond Hollywood’s narrow stereotypes. British photographer Dorothy Wilding’s studio image was delicately painted over by Beatrice Johnson that turns a publicity photo into something closer to a painting. The young Chinese American woman sits composed and self-possessed. Her skin is light with warm undertones as a soft blush warms her cheeks and nose. Dark, neatly shaped brows frame half-lidded eyes that glance sideways. Her hair is cut into a glossy black bob with blunt bangs that arc across her forehead. She wears vivid red lipstick with a crisp cupid’s bow, and the same lacquer red appears on her fingernails. A pale yellow lightly-wrinkled dress shows under a shimmering robe patterned with painterly blossoms and leaves in pinks, greens, and whites, edged by lilac and pearl tones. It gathers in soft folds, catching the light with a satin sheen. Her arms fold gently across her lap. Behind her, a misty cream background shifts into mauve and lavender, where her silhouette becomes a large, diffuse shadow. Her lacquer-red lips and nails, the sharp fringe, and the silk wrap echo Art Deco modernity, while Wong’s averted gaze resists easy consumption as she is presented not as an “exotic” type, but as a thinking, autonomous star. In her autobiography In Pursuit of Perfection (1958), Wilding recalled photographing Anna May Wong at her studio at 22 Old Bond Street. “Anna May Wong ... had the first long red fingernails I had ever seen. When I lifted her hands to 'drape' them', they were so fragile that one felt one was holding the most delicate snowdrops. She was the softest and gentlest creature one can imagine.” Among Wilding's team, she employed artist Beatrice Johnson to paint backdrops and produce painted color versions of portraits to blend the boundary between camera image and painted art.
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🇺🇸 Day 6: Washington DC
The Words That Built a Nation
#washingtondc #familytravel #thenationalmall #uscapital #Nationalarchives #Benschilibowl #chinatown #Nationalportraitgallery #dc
December 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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🇺🇸 Washington DC Day 6:
The Words That Built a Nation
#washingtondc #familytravel #thenationalmall #uscapital #Nationalarchives #Benschilibowl #chinatown #Nationalportraitgallery #dc
🇺🇸 Washington DC Day 6: The Words That Built a Nation
Our final full day in D.C.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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#wallartforsale #GrandmaMoses #FolkArtist #wallart #Artist #giftideas #gifts #portrait #NationalPortraitGallery #ClaraSipprell
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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How long before Trump decides to slap one of his nasty little plaques beside a painting like this in the National Portrait Gallery? Or remove it altogether? She represents the very best of this country; he embodies the worst.

#MichelleObama
#NationalPortraitGallery
#TrumpSucks
December 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🇺🇸Washington DC: A Family Adventure Overview #washingtondc #dc #familytravel #thenationalmall #nationalairandspacemuseum #whitehouse #smithsonian #uscapitol #nationalmuseumofamericanhistory #washingtonmonument #supremecourt #libraryofcongress #nationalarchives #nationalportraitgallery
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C. Family Adventure
🗓 May 28 – June 3, 2023
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December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Lastly, I returned briefly to @nationalportraitgallery Family friends in Liverpool told me about photographer Matthew R. Lewis @matthewrlewisportraits so I went back for a closer look of his Oasis portrait… #oasis #matthewrlewisportraits #london
December 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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#NationalPortraitGallery 's exhibition charts the evolution of early portrait photography: zorz.it/ZSRuK

#PesalaBandara #ambrotype #daguerreotype #MathewBrady#Smithsonian #PortraitPhotography #TintypePhotography #exhibition #evolution #analog
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Off to see the #cecilbeaton exhibition @nationalportraitgallery
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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I had a blast today #nationalportraitgallery enjoying the Cecil Beaton exhibition. It charted his early career from the 1920s and Bright Young Things to his triumphant costumes for My Fair Lady. Included were these forties Vogue shoots. It was a joy #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A photograph from 1946 called The Second Age of Beauty is glamour showing a model wearing a red and black check suit by Norman Hartnell with a dramatic red hat A photograph called Spring showing a model in a pale blue Irene ballgown standing in front of a Jackson Pollock painting A photograph of Julie Andrews’s costume from the stage adaptation of My Fair Lady with an image of Audrey Hepburn in the background
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM