Statues and Monuments: Gift Horse

The Gift Horse by Hans Haacke is currently on display on the ‘fourth plinth’ in Trafalger Square, It depicts a skeletal … More

Statues and Monuments: Peter Pan

Peter Pan, the boy who would never grow up, comes from the story of the same name by the … More

Joshua Reynolds was born in July 1723 in Devon. He attended a local grammar school where he developed an … More

Thomas Picton was born in Pembrokeshire in 1756. He joined the army in 1771 seeing service in West Indies, … More

Andrew Hay was born in 1762 and enlisted in the army as an ensign at the age of 17. … More

Thomas Dundas was born in Scotland in 1750 and was educated in Edinburgh. He joined the army in 1766 … More

Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield in 1709. He attended Oxford Univ but was unable to complete his education … More

George Elliott was born in Scotland in 1717. He studied at the University of Leiden and then at the Military … More

Cuthbert Collingwood was born in Newcastle in 1748 and joined the Navy at the age of 12. His first experience … More

Joseph Mallord William Turner in Covent Garden, London in 1775, where his father was a barber. in 1785, his mother … More