Tag Archives: National Portrait Gallery

Croydon painter Sant, a portrait artist by Royal Appointment

Posted on April 23, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: One hundred and fifty years ago, Queen Victoria chose a Croydon-born artist to be her ‘Principal Painter in Ordinary to Her Majesty’, but as  DAVID MORGAN discovered, she never liked his work As Croydon celebrates being the London … Continue reading →

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Photographer’s loving portrait makes it into Gallery exhibit

Posted on September 15, 2020 by insidecroydon

A Crystal Palace-based photographer, Nina Robinson, is to have one of her pictures included in a National Portrait Gallery exhibition after her photo of her grandfather in lockdown was named yesterday among the top 100 images in a competition. “Hold … Continue reading →

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