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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January 28 14.00-15.30 |
 Twiggy Lawson (née Lesley Hornby) |
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February 25 14.00-15.3 |
 The Brontë Sisters |
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March 25 14.00-15.30 |
 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants |
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April 29 14.00-15.30 |
 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
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May 27 14.00-15.30 |
 Nell Gwyn |
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June 24 14.00-15.30 |
 Laurence Stephen ('L.S.') Lowry |
Guided tours of the gallery are also available on request. For more information or to book a 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.
Over 146 picture descriptions, audio descriptions and tactile images are also available to download here
