Research programmes
Research is fundamental to the Gallery’s work whether through large projects working in partnership with other organisations, research based on its own collections, or as a facilitator of research into portraiture by scholars from outside. The Gallery is recognised as an Independent Research Organisation by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Research programmes at the Gallery
The Gallery's range of current research programes centred around our collections and aspects of portraiture.
Making Art in Tudor Britain
A major research project on early painting practice and the production of portraits in the Tudor and Jacobean periods.
The Art of the Picture Frame
An update on the exhibition 'The Art of the Picture Frame', held at the Gallery in 1996-97 and giving information on current research.
Later Victorian Portraits
Research work on detailed catalogues of Later Victorian Portraits, currently focussed on the Art and Architecture tranche.
British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950
British Artists' Suppliers focuses on the supply of painting materials to British artists, especially portrait painters, up until 1950.
Early history of mezzotint
The prints of Alexander Browne and Richard Tompson, two of the first and most important publishers of high quality mezzotints in Britain.
British picture restorers, 1630-1950
A directory including a selection of more than 100 prominent and interesting picture, sculpture and paper restorers in Britain. Research partnerships
Working with individuals and organisations both as collaborators on research programmes and as funding partners.
