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Rhona Haszard's birthday

Rhona Haszard's birthday

Rhona Haszard was born today in 1901, in Thames.

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Plain sailing

Plain sailing

Another palpable hit in our project to clear copyright is the British artist Hellmut Sail (1908–1971)

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Plus ça change...

Plus ça change...

Petrus van der Velden brilliantly captured the Canterbury nor'wester back in the 1890s

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Piss off 2011

Piss off 2011

Our good friends at Strategy Design and Advertising produced this wrapping paper for the festive season. We couldn't have put it better ourselves.

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Then and now

Then and now

Last year the Gallery acquired this magnificent early work by Petrus van der Velden:

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Mystery object

Mystery object

We need your help to work out what is going on in this etching.

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Fabriqué en Chine

Fabriqué en Chine

The musée du quai Branly in Paris is currently showing the exhibition Māori: leur trésors ont une âme. Spotted among the exhibition related merchandise in the museum shop was this enticing Māori boomerang.

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Is there a doctor in the house?

Is there a doctor in the house?

Gerrit Dou's The Physician is a favourite work in our collection:

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Empress Eugénie

Empress Eugénie

The Gallery library has received a new book about the art collection of Empress Eugénie, wife of Emperor Napoléon III.

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It's a sign...

It's a sign...

...though of what exactly we are unsure

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