There’s a longstanding practice of an era’s great Shakespeare actors having their portraits documented by their painterly peers. William Hogarth depicted David Garrick as Richard III on the eve of the ...

A portrait of the pathbreaking actor and director José Ferrer, a member of Princeton University’s Class of 1933, was unveiled on campus May 9 in a ceremony in Chancellor Green Rotunda. Ferrer, who was ...

The actor’s life in pictures, from mousey-haired teen to American icon to her shocking death at 36, beams with the charm that defined a century. But why aren’t we shown more of what lay behind the ...

A portrait of Ian McKellen (center) hanging alongside depictions of (from left to right) Frances Barber, Charles Dance, Harriet Walter and Simon Callow StageBlock An exhibition at the Red Eight ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sharaku's dramatic portraits of ...

The pictures in the National Portrait Gallery’s “Star Power” portray such Hollywood luminaries as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. But the star of the show is photographer ...

Rome, Lucien Bonaparte collection, room VI, 1808; London, February 6, 1815, unsold at the first sale of Lucien Bonaparte collection; London, May 14-16, 1816, sold at the second sale of the Lucien ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the seventeenth century, actors in ...

Daniel Radcliffe will set a new record when he has his own portrait displayed at the National Portrait Gallery. The Harry Potter star will become the youngest ever non-royal to have his portrait in ...

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