Best of British

To complement its new and recently published Catalogue of British Pictures, Dulwich Picture Gallery presents the best of its British paintings in a free exhibition telling the unique story of its British Collection. Masterpieces from the original bequests are displayed alongside lesser-known paintings bequeathed by collectors other than the Gallerys founders, including a significant group of actors portraits from the time of Shakespeare. This is the first time that many of these pictures have been shown together in the same room and includes several usually hidden from public eyes. Following a chronological sequence the exhibition will chart the bequests by important collectors from the 17th to the 20th centuries.