Portraiture and Power

A series of lectures presented by Gresham College.

These lectures will be given by Philip Mansel, Professor Jane Ridley, Philip Mould OBE and Dr Stephanie Pratt.

In this series, leading art historians will discuss some of the world’s greatest patrons of the arts, and the challenges of depicting them, from Louis XIV and Versailles, to images of Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth II. There is also a lecture on portraits of Native American leaders from Pocahontas to Sitting Bull.