{"id":17836,"date":"2017-06-20T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17836"},"modified":"2017-06-20T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:23:12","slug":"national-portrait-gallery-london-a-quick-photo-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/national-portrait-gallery-london-a-quick-photo-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"National Portrait Gallery, London – a quick photo tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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London is blessed with loads of free museums and art galleries, and yesterday I took shelter from the blazing heat to take a pleasing stroll around the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n

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I arrived late in the afternoon, so the gallery was almost deserted, giving me the solitude and silence to really appreciate some of the works.<\/p>\n

I got lost in my thoughts in the section on Victorian Britain, gazing at the faces of ruthless capitalists, talented inventors and generous philanthropists.<\/p>\n

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I spent some time looking at the portrait of the famous naturalist, geologist and biologist, Charles Darwin<\/a> (above), looking old and weary at the end of a life well spent.<\/p>\n

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Ruffs<\/a> galore! I love looking at the flamboyant fashions adopted by the rich and influential throughout the centuries.<\/p>\n

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Crowns everywhere.<\/p>\n

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An assemblage of busts.<\/p>\n

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I liked this\u00a0portrait of Derek Jarman, entitled ‘Seer.’<\/p>\n

The last sanctioned work by Jarman, it includes a quotation from Lorca in mirror-writing. In translation this reads: ‘Enjoy the luscious landscape of my wound … but hurry! … Time meets us, and we are destroyed.’<\/p>\n

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Admiring the art.<\/p>\n

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Painted in 1716, this 3D portrait shows East India Company Deputy Governor Joseph Collet.<\/p>\n

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A lone gallery assistant admires the artworks.<\/p>\n

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I loved this well crafted painted bust.<\/p>\n

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Purchased by the Gallery this year, Tracey Emin\u2019s Death Mask is a 3D self-portrait cast by Emin in 2002 as an ironic reference to the autobiographical nature of her work.<\/p>\n

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Closing time.<\/p>\n

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Mosaic spells out the letters NPG.<\/p>\n

More info<\/h2>\n

National Portrait Gallery<\/a>
\nSt Martin\u2019s Place
\nLondon
\nWC2H 0HE
\nGeneral enquiries
\n020 7306 0055<\/p>\n

Open daily 10:00-18:00 Thursday-Friday until 21:00<\/strong><\/p>\n

Closing commences at 17.50 and 20.50
\nEntry to the Gallery is Free
\nFree WiFi available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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