Scandals and Secrets of the London National Portrait Gallery

Professor Andrew Lear is a world-renowned expert on sexuality in art and the author of the best-known book on sexuality in Greek vase-painting.  He is the founder of Oscar Wilde Tours, the gay history tour company, and Shady Ladies Tours, the woman's history tour company.

Andrew Lear

Come learn all the scandals and secrets of British history as Professor Lear takes you through the national portrait collection.

<h3>Can&#x27;t make the live event? Buy a ticket for the recording and enjoy the event in your own time!</h3>We are doing a lot of tours about the racy sides of Paris history. Well how about one about the racy side of London history? Americans think of the British as very proper, but friends, that’s just an act. London is the city of “Harlots,” and British history is super-steamy, especially before the Victorian age buttoned things up. So come explore the wonderful National Portrait Gallery in London with Professor Lear, and learn about an Elizabethan aristocrat who went to the Tower for poisoning her ex (who decided to prove in court that he could, ahem, perform, so long as she was not present), a queen and her lesbian relationships, a cross-dressing 18th century diplomat, a king and his 3 mistresses—including one portrayed as the Virgin Mary, with their illegitimate son as the baby Jesus! And that’s just a start, for a tour that will conclude with the wild Bloomsbury set, who, as the saying goes, “lived on Squares, but loved in triangles.” In fact, for concentration of scandalous fun, there is no museum better than the NPG, so come enjoy finding out about the sexy side of British history as Professor Lear guides you through its collection.

<h3>Speaker Bio</h3>Andrew Lear is a retired professor of ancient Greek—and a world expert on same-sex love in ancient Greek culture and art. He is the founder of Oscar Wilde Tours, the world's first and only LGBTQ history and art tour company, and Shady Ladies Tours, the women's history and art tour company. He is also working with author/actor Stephen Fry to develop TV programming on LGBTQ history and culture.

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