Picture Descriptions and Touch Tours at the National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery offers picture descriptions called ‘Visualising Portraits' for Blind and Partially Sighted Visitors on the last Thursday of each month from 2 to 3.30 pm.
Each session takes place in the gallery, seated in front of the painting whilst experienced artists and describers give a detailed verbal description of a particular work from the collection. Each month we focus on a different portrait, from the famous to the infamous!
Large-scale images and tactile resources are available for all, and sighted escorts and guide dogs are very welcome.
The sessions are free. For more information and to book a place please contact the Access and Outreach Assistant on 020 7306 0055 ext 387 or e-mail outreach@npg.org.uk.
Please find below a list of the portraits we will be looking at in 2009. We will meet you at 2pm by the Information Desk in the Main Hall on the day of the event.
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27 August
14.00-15.30 |
 William Blake |
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September 14.00 -15.30 |
 George Frederic Watts |
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29 October
14.00-15.30 |
 Beatrix Potter (Mrs Heelis) |
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26 November
14.00-15.30 |
 Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi |
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17 December
14.00-15.30 |
 Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia |
Touch Tours in the gallery are also available on request and include works from three of our most popular galleries - the Victorian, the Early and the Late Twentieth century galleries. For more information or to book a touch tour please contact the Access and Outreach Assistant on 020 7306 0055 ext 387 or e-mail outreach@npg.org.uk, giving a minimum of three weeks notice. The tours are free and individuals and groups are both welcome.
