One of the graves that intrigued me was the grave of David Livingstone. Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland in 1813. He started working very early on (around 11 years old from what I recall) and developed what seems to be an appreciation of academics. I can often be a sucker for the “rags to …
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Home-Turned-Museum in London
I was slightly underwhelmed walking up to Hampton Court Palace. It was a dreary, rainy day, and the palace was very far away so it looked tiny. It hardly compared to the great Westminster Abbey and Tower of London we had seen in days or weeks prior. It didn’t glow in the sparkling sunlight or …
Ilaria’s Pub: The National Portrait Gallery
Although the British Museum was fascinating, especially when I had the chance to see the Rosetta Stone in person and view the various grand, Egyptian and Roman sculptures, when I think of my favorite museum in London that we’ve visited thus far, I would gladly give that title to thew National Portrait Gallery. Whilst roaming …
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Styles: Vogue Solo Star
The National Portrait Gallery contains portraits from all types of peoples: royals, aristocrats, celebrities, and common people. Originally, I went in extremely excited to see the Ziggy Stardust portraits of David Bowie. However, I quickly found out that the portrait had been retired. Though I was sad, my mood was brightened when I saw the …
National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery was a treasure trove of art ranging throughout human history, with even a small section on contemporary artists. Going in I was worried that I would find much of the museum uninteresting because I thought that having a museum containing only one type of painting would get repetitive, I was pleasantly …
PORTRAITS!! & LOTS OF EM!!
The National Portrait Gallery was everything I wanted it to be and more. It was completely full of portraits I’ve seen in all of my history textbooks for my entire life – and it was one of the coolest experiences to see them in real life. I didn’t realize how many of these completely historic …
Intelligent Women at the National Portrait Gallery
At the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery, I was both excited and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of portraits, paintings, drawings and more that filled the galleries. I wanted more than anything to linger at each and every item on display, read the entire plaque, and stare at it until it lost all …
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A Conversation With Anne Boleyn
I LOVE Tudor history. Thanks Mom! So the part of the portrait gallery I was most looking forward to was the Tudor portion. Don’t get me wrong, I was excited for all of it, but the opportunity to see the original versions of these famous paintings I’ve seen all my life? Sign me up. The …
More Than a Dancer: Margaret Morris
While exploring the gallery, one portrait really stood out to me; it is unique 1926 photograph of Margaret Morris by Fred Daniels. I was intrigued in by the flowers wrapped around you head and in her hands over her chest. The portrait is soft and glowing, instantly capturing the essence of someone who seemed to …
En Vogue and en controversy.
We went to the National Portrait Gallery today! We got to see a million different portraits from a million different eras. Of all the portraits, I have to say the contemporary exhibit on the ground floor was my favorite. It was just one wall, and maybe it was because I was familiar with many of …
Theatre in London U of A 