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Photo credit: : The Royal Society

Artist London: Artists and Subjects, Sculpture 53

Could anyone tell us more about the sculptor of these portrait busts of opticians in the collection of The Royal Society?

Photo credit: : Manchester Art Gallery

Subject or sitter Portraits: British 18th C, East of England and The Midlands: Artists and Subjects 64

Who is the gentleman depicted in this portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby?

Photo credit: : Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

Subject or sitter East of England and The Midlands: Artists and Subjects, Portraits: British 19th C 5

Can you help us identify this Ipswich Mayor?

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Discoveries

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28 March 2019 — News

A ‘Carelli’ painting of a Middle Eastern Scene, but which Carelli?

Middle-Eastern Scene, drawing and watercolour on paper by Gabriel Carelli (1820–1900)
Photo credit: : Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

21 February 2019 — News

On the trail of Harry Clifford Pilsbury’s portraits

Daniel Henry Redhead (b.1837), JP, Mayor of Peterborough (1895 & 1905), oil on canvas, attributed to Harry Clifford Pilsbury (1870–1925)
Photo credit: : Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

15 October 2018 — News

Maritime location identified as Portosalvo, Naples, with the Church of Santa Maria

Portosalvo, Naples, with the Church of Santa Maria, oil on paper by Thomas Stuart Smith (1813–1869)
Photo credit: : The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum

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