Intimate Portraits

This beautiful portrait of artist Angelica Kauffman in graphite and watercolour, attributed to Nathaniel Dance, is one of the exhibits in The Intimate Portrait: drawings, miniatures and pastels from Ramsay to Lawrence, which opened at the British Museum, Room 90, on 5 March and continues until 31 May. The exhibition features 180 little-known paintings and drawings, including miniatures, by some the greatest names in British portraiture and covers a century from the 1730s to the 1830s. Many of the works are from Scotland. This is a treat for any genuine artist or art lover, admission free!