Back row left to right:
Sybil Thorndike
By Jacob Epstein
Bronze, 1925NPG 5976
Jacob EpsteinSelf-portrait
Bronze,1959, based on a portrait of 1912
NPG 4126Elizabeth Farren
By Anne Seymour Damer
Marble, about 1788
NPG 4469Marion Dorn
By Frank Owen Dobson
Bronze, about 1930-31
NPG 6366Philip Dormer Stanhope
4th Earl of Chesterfield
By Louis François Roubiliac
Marble,1745
NPG 5829Front row left to right:
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
By Angus Fletcher
Marble, about 1829
NPG 5198Probably Louis François Roubiliac
By Joseph Wilton
Marble, about 1761
NPG 2145Reaching Out*
By Thomas J Price
Bronze, 2021
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
NPG L292Nelson Mandela
By lan Homer Walters
Bronze, 2008, based on a portrait of 2001
NPG 6868Christopher Nevinson
By Barney Seale
Bronze,1930
NPG 5914*Reaching Out
By Thomas J Price:'This sculpture is a representation of a fictional young woman, which is
important because of the way Black women have often been marginalised in society, without being given the visibility they deserve. It's an incredible moment to have the work at the entrance of the National Portrait Gallery, prompting us to consider how we inhabit space and the role of public sculpture.'
Thomas J PriceThis portrait depicts a young woman holding a mobile phone: a stance familiar to us all today. It highlights how technology connects people, but can also be isolating. Included in this group of named individuals, this fictional figure encourages us to ask who is valuable who has the right to be seen, heard and included in society and in our museums and galleries? A larger version, unveiled in 2020, was one of the first public sculptures of a Black woman in the UK.(Text from NPG labels)
Michael Ixer ● 581d