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Elizabethan Treasures opens at NPG

  • Writer: Christina Faraday
    Christina Faraday
  • Feb 20, 2019
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 6, 2019

The exhibition Elizabethan Treasures: Portrait Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver, is open at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from the 20th February to 19th May 2019.


For the last two years I have been privileged to work part-time as a Curatorial Intern on the show, under Catharine MacLeod, Senior Curator, 17th Century Collections.


Book your tickets here: https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/elizabethan-treasures/exhibition/


A selection of reviews:


The Telegraph *****

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/elizabethan-treasures-miniatures-hilliard-oliver-national-portrait/?fbclid=IwAR0Z625Q_Orv-_tmMw4lAmVPnP_FGpxdLzAcHob6LYhcCD0f-IPF4UVUEJU


The Times *****

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/times2/review-elizabethan-treasures-miniatures-by-hilliard-and-oliver-at-the-national-portrait-gallery-gfqh96lhc


The Guardian ****

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/20/elizabethan-treasures-miniatures-by-hilliard-and-oliver-review-national-portrait-gallery-london

 
 

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