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The English Icon: Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraits – GI 25 163

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13 January 2026 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT

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Tutor: Hilary Underwood BA MPhil

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Date: 13 January 2026
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Length of Course:
5 Tuesdays
Reference Code:
GI 25 163
Cost:
£80.25 – £91.00
Location:
Ward Street
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4LH

Overview

We explore British portraiture in the age of Elizabeth I and James I – and Shakespeare. Largely cut off from continental developments (despite artistic immigrants), British art developed a colourful decorative approach, often rich in symbolism. Sculptors include Gerard Johnson and the Christmas brothers. Painters include Marcus Gheeraerts, Robert Peake and William Larkin, also the glorious miniaturists, Hilliard and Oliver.

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Nicholas Hilliard, Queen Elizabeth I, 'The Ermine Portrait', 1585. Image from Wikimedia Commons

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GI 25 163 - The English Icon: Elizabethan and Jacobean Portraits - Non-Member
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