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The Anti-Slavery Convention
A guide to the painting The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840 by Benjamin Robert Haydon.
The Great Reform Act
A guide to looking at The House of Commons, 1833 by Sir George Hayter.
Contemporary Portraits - Sculpture
Exploring a selection from the Gallery's extensive collection of portrait sculptures.
Contemporary Portraits - Oil Painting
Exploring oil painting through a selection of works from the Gallery's collection.
Contemporary Portraits - Mixed Media
Exploring mixed media works in the Gallery's collection
Self-Portrait Commission Project
Create self-portraits, both formal and fictive, following a commission brief from the Gallery in reference to portraits selected from the Gallery's Collection.
A Portrait of Today
Develop, explore, analyse, evaluate, review and modify using a selection of contemporary portraits selected from the Gallery's Collection.
David Hockney Portrait - Life Love Art
To accompany the David Hockney Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 12 October 2006 - 21 January 2007.
Pop Art Portraits
To accompany the Pop Art Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 11 October 2007 - 20 January 2008.
Contemporary Painted Portraits
Focusing on particular aspects of contemporary portraiture as revealed in the BP Portrait Award Exhibition
The Practice of Portraiture
Considering different approaches to making portraits of a selection of people, for a variety of reasons.



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