Using facial recognition techniques to compare portraits associated with Shakespeare
Portrait of a Young Man, referred to as the Grafton portrait, held in the John Rylands Library, is by anContinue Reading
Author: Stella Halkyard
Lessons in Art History
Horst Bredekamp, Professor of Art History from Humbolt University in Berlin, spent time during his recent stay in Manchester asContinue Reading
Michael Wood at the John Rylands Library!
The distinguished historian Michael Wood, Professor of Public History at The University of Manchester, will give a lecture on WednesdayContinue Reading
Archive Fever! Cataloguing the Freud Family Papers
As part of her Masters in Archives and Records Management course at the University of Liverpool, Louise Piffero has spentContinue Reading
‘Burning Bright’: William Blake and the Art of the Book
Over the past two years, curators at the John Rylands Library have been working with the art historian Colin TroddContinue Reading
A Visit from the Doctors
Earlier this week a group of fourth-year medical students from the University of Manchester interrupted their busy schedules working onContinue Reading