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"Picturing Presence: Portraiture and Patronage in Elizabethan England"

Thursday 3rd July and Friday 4th July 2003 at the National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery will mark the 400th anniversary of the death
of Elizabeth I with a conference event that will draw together historians,
art historians and conservators to discuss the extraordinary body of
portraiture produced in the Elizabethan period. The conference is being
staged at the same time as a major exhibition 'Elizabeth' at the National
Maritime Museum, and will include an opportunity to visit the exhibition on
the Friday evening.

Speakers and topics will include:

Portraiture as cultural phenomena
Peter Burke (Emmanuel College Cambridge)

European and English cultural exchanges
Joanna Woodall (Courtauld Institute)

The representation of merchants and professionals
Tarnya Cooper (National Portrait Gallery)

Tudor visual language
Tatiana String (University of Bristol)

Miniatures
Prof. Patricia Fumerton (University of California, Santa Barbara)

The representation of women
Karen Hearn (Tate Britain)

Civic portraiture
Prof. Robert Tittler (Concordia University, Montreal):

Portraits of maritime adventurers
David Spence (National Maritime Museum)

Monuments and memorials
Nigel Llewellyn (University of Sussex)

The technical analysis of Elizabethan panels
Sophie Plender (National Portrait Gallery)

The contemporary display of portraits
Maurice Howard (University of Sussex)

The development of the Elizabethan amateur and critic
Prof. Stephen Orgel (Stanford University)

Robert Dudley and aristocratic art collections
Elizabeth Goldring (The Paul Mellon Centre)

Booking
For a booking form contact the Education Department on 020 7312 217, or
email educationnpg.org.uk

Tickets
£50.00 / £40.00 concessions (students, unwaged and senior citizens)

Stephen Allen
Head of Education
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London WC2H 0HE
Direct line: 020 7312 2417