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Alexandra Roginski gets a feel for phrenology’s fundamentals.
To accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Portraits, held at the NPG in 2005, this article is drawn from Hugo Vickers's authorised biography, Cecil Beaton (1985).
Traudi Allen discovers sensitivity, humour and fine draughtsmanship in the portraiture of John Perceval.
Joanna Gilmour explores photographic depictions of Aboriginal sportsmen including Lionel Rose, Dave Sands, Jerry Jerome and Douglas Nicholls.
Judith Pugh reflects on Clifton Pugh's approach to portrait making.
How seven portraits within Bare reveal in a public portrait parts of the body and elements of life usually located in the private sphere.
John Singer Sargent: a painter at the vanguard of contemporary movements in music, literature and theatre.
Dr Sarah Engledow puts four gifts to the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection in context.
Joanna Gilmour reflects on merging collections and challenging traditional assumptions around portraiture in WHO ARE YOU.
Sarah Engledow bristles at the biographers’ neglect of Kitchener’s antipodean intervention.