London Art Week
The Limner Company are delighted to be joining London Art Week, the UK's pre-eminent fine arts selling event. LAW also host talks and events throughout the year, so watch this space!
EXHIBITION LOAN - Trois Crayons
The Limner Company are delighted to be joining London Art Week, the UK's pre-eminent fine arts selling event. LAW also host talks and events throughout the year, so watch this space!
TALK - Childhood in Miniature, with Emma Rutherford
A talk in association with Chatsworth’s current exhibition, ‘Picturing Childhood: A New Perspective at Chatsworth’ (until 6 October). Portrait miniatures were particularly significant when it came to recording childhood at Chatsworth.
Compton Verney -EXHIBITION
The Limner Company is excited to be working with Compton Verney on an exhibition of portrait miniatures starting September 2024!
TALK - Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII's Queens
A talk in association with Chatsworth’s current exhibition, ‘Picturing Childhood: A New Perspective at Chatsworth’ (until 6 October). Portrait miniatures were particularly significant when it came to recording childhood at Chatsworth.
Period Portraits X The Limner Company
This May, join celebrated portraits dealer Nick Cox and portrait miniature specialist Emma Rutherford for a week of miniature moments!
Celebrating Miss Biffin: A conversation with Alison Lapper
In conversation with art historians Emma Rutherford and Ellie Smith, the artist Alison Lapper will share her experience as a disabled woman artist 150 years after miniaturist Sarah Biffin (1784-1850).
AUTUMN SELLING EXHIBITION
We will be holding a portrait miniatures selling exhibition at Daniel Crouch Rare Books, London. The exhibition will present a small selection of antique portrait miniatures.
Understanding British Portraits Annual Seminar
Our director, Emma Rutherford, will be speaking at the Understanding British Portraits Annual Seminar.
Miniatures at Kenwood House
For this fundraising event, Kenwood House curator Louise Cooling and conservator (and The Limner Company consultant) Alan Derbyshire will be giving a join talk on portrait miniatures.
Sarah Biffin - EXHIBITION
The Holburne Museum, Bath are to hold the first major museum exhibition to examine the life and work of Sarah Biffin. Biffin’s remarkable story had been largely overlooked by historians until the exhibition last year at Philip Mould Gallery, curated by Emma Rutherford and and Ellie Smith.
SUMMER SELLING EXHIBITION
We will be holding our first portrait miniatures selling exhibition at Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, London. The exhibition will run 30 June - 7 July 2023 and will present a small selection of fine European portrait miniatures from the 16th - 19th centuries.
Talk at Compton Verney
Join Emma to discover the the symbolism and significance of miniatures, both personal and political. The talk will be followed by a miniatures handling session with Compton Verney's Collections Manager.