Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 19th March 2026

Time: 7.30

Venue: Nordic Centre, Osborne St. Hull HU1 2PN

Description: Portraits for the French Revolutionary leaders were the PR outreach which meant favourable publicity could be courted. Robespierre's high status meant that for years after French government had changed, his pictures were prized. His distinctly shaped nose was often the main way these portraits were identified as genuine.

How to book: N/A

Price: Visitors;£3. Students and unwaged free

Tel: 01482 448065

Fax: not available

Email: usher@usher.karoo.co.uk

Website: https://www.herha.org.uk

Organiser: Sylvia Usher

Lecturer: Dr. Marianne Gilchrist

Comments: The detective work needed to be sure a portrait was genuine will remind people of the fascinating procedures shown on the BBC programme 'Fake or Fortune'. From the historical perspective it is valuable to see how highly many French people regarded the l

Region: Yorkshire and Humber

Branch: Hull and East Riding