The Martial Face: The Military Portrait in Britain, 1760-1900 focuses on the artistic ramifications ofthe changing attitudes in British society towards the military from 1760 to 1900 as expressed through portraiture. Drawing primarily upon the resourches of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at Brown University, the exhibition studies the art historical, historical, and sociological significance of the changing face of British military portraiture in portrait engravings, paintings, and photographs.

Curated by Jay A. Clarke, Tracie E. Constantino, B. Dawn Dunley, Amanda M. Eggers, Carter E. Foster, Peter Harrington, Teresa R. Knox, Elizabeth Perry, Courtland David Roach, Sandra R. Rothenberg
image: Anthony Cardon after P.J. de Loutherbourg, Soldiers, Sailors, and Mariners decorating an Egyptian Monument with portraits of the officers on the staff of Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria, 1801, 1806