We are delighted to announce our first short film Unwrapping an Icon: Lady in a Fur Wrap and Related Portraits which is now available to watch via the links here and on our project webpage. The film, by Joseph Briffa, offers an introduction to key questions and strands we are examining in our project, and … Continue reading Introductory Video
Interview with Dr Mark Richter, Part One
In this post we present the first of a two-part interview on the scientific examination for this project, which is the first of several interviews we’re planning with team members and other people associated with our project. Here Mark Richter, who is leading the scientific examination of five other Spanish portraits in the Stirling Maxwell … Continue reading Interview with Dr Mark Richter, Part One
Unwrapping an Icon
Just about everyone, it seems, has an opinion or theory about the Lady in a Fur Wrap, from Pollok House guides who have lived with her for many years and regard her as a close friend or an adopted member of their family, to visitors who fall in love with her at first sight, or … Continue reading Unwrapping an Icon