Heinz Archive and Library
Open by appointment to visitors who are interested in any aspect of British portraiture or in the history of the Gallery.
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Researching portraits
Gallery resources and other information to help you with your own research. Partnerships with individuals and organisations.Collections Publications Links Family History Partnerships
Research programmes
The Gallery's range of current research programmes centred around our collections and aspects of portraiture.Research programmes Staff research
Making Art in Tudor Britain
A major research project on early painting practice and the production of portraits in the Tudor and Jacobean periods.
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Research work on detailed catalogues of Later Victorian Portraits, currently focussed on medical portraits.Understanding British Portraits
An active professional network enhancing knowledge and understanding of portraits in all media.Artists and Suppliers
Directories of British artists' suppliers, framemakers, restorers and bronze founders/plaster figure makers. Information on the history of picture framing and artists' materials.New research on the Collection
A developing series of recent research discoveries in relation to the Gallery's Collections.
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