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Virtual highlights tour

Head, Shoulders, Knees and… shawls

Tuesday 24 May 2022
12:30 – 1:00pm AEST
Live online
Anna May Wong, 1929 Dorothy Wilding
Anna May Wong, 1929 Dorothy Wilding. National Portrait Gallery, London. Given by the photographer's sister, Susan Morton, 1976. © William Hustler and Georgina Hustler/National Portrait Gallery, London

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Please join us in looking closely at three portraits from the Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London exhibition. 

Let’s discuss what is happening in and out of the image in a fun investigation discovering portraiture tropes from 1929 onwards.

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William Shakespeare, c. 1600-1610 associated with John Taylor
William Shakespeare, c. 1600-1610 associated with John Taylor
William Shakespeare, c. 1600-1610 associated with John Taylor
William Shakespeare, c. 1600-1610 associated with John Taylor

Shakespeare to Winehouse

Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London

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from Saturday 12 March

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