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Jacqui Ansell
Biography
Jacqui read Art History and Theory at Essex University and gained an MA in History of Dress from the Courtauld Institute. Formerly an Education Officer at the National Gallery, London, and a tutor and writer for the Open University, she has a wide range of teaching experience. She has lectured regularly on the public programmes of the National Gallery, National Gallery and Wallace Collection, and is an accredited Art Society Lecturer, with specialism in art and dress history. Publications and research interests include Court dress, Grand Tour portraiture, the National Gallery’s collection, and the links between furniture and fashion.
Professional Affiliations
Active member of Attingham Trust Alumni
Active member of ‘Understanding British Portraits’ research group and ‘Association of Dress and Textile Historians’
Active member of ‘Curious Travellers’ research group, a four-year AHRC-funded research project, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) and the University of Glasgow, exploring Romantic-period accounts of journeys into Wales and Scotland
Research Interests
Dress on the Grand Tour (with particular reference to Batoni)
The Dress, Etiquette and Procedures at the English Court (17th-20th Centuries)
British Travellers' Accounts of Wales (1650-1950)
The Origins and Development of Welsh Costume (and historical perceptions)
Teaching
Publications and Exhibitions
Conference Papers
Professional Affiliations
Accredited as Lecturer of The Art SocietyActive member of Attingham Trust Alumni
Active member of ‘Understanding British Portraits’ research group and ‘Association of Dress and Textile Historians’
Active member of ‘Curious Travellers’ research group, a four-year AHRC-funded research project, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) and the University of Glasgow, exploring Romantic-period accounts of journeys into Wales and Scotland
Research Interests
The National Gallery’s History and CollectionDress on the Grand Tour (with particular reference to Batoni)
The Dress, Etiquette and Procedures at the English Court (17th-20th Centuries)
British Travellers' Accounts of Wales (1650-1950)
The Origins and Development of Welsh Costume (and historical perceptions)
Teaching
Jacqui has previously taught on the Art, Style and Design MLitt in History of Art and Art-world Practice since 2008 (with particular responsibility for the undergraduates) and also contributes to the short course programme at Christie’s Education. She has been an Associate Lecturer with the Open University since 1992 teaching multi-disciplinary distance-learning courses on ‘The Enlightenment’, Arts Foundation Courses and ‘Art and Its Histories’ and writing material for a course on ‘Heritage’.Publications and Exhibitions
Informal advisor on choice of objects/approach for forthcoming exhibition at Royal Collection on C18th Dress – Feb 2019
Catalogue notes decoding dress in C17th paintings for Philip Mould – 2018/19
Writer and presenter of Christie’s Education Online Course ‘Speak with Confidence about Contemporary Art’ launching 2020
Author of book about Vincent Van Gogh’s 1870s stay in Ramsgate – April 2020
Conference Papers
Co-convenor of conference ‘Recycling Luxury’ Christie’s Education with Dr Marie Tavinor – July 2019
Piloting a partnership between the National Portrait Gallery and award-winning ‘Six’ musical to deliver tours on Tudor History & and Women’s History – 2019/20
National Gallery public lecture ‘Monochrome: Dressing up in Black and White’– December 2017
The Wallace Collection 3 day course ‘The Fine Art of Fashion: Dress and Décor in the C18th’ – August 2017
The Wallace Collection 3 day course ‘Cuffs and Ruffs C17th Dutch Dress’ – April 2018
The Course 3 lectures ‘The Art of Dress in Literature and Life: Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens’ – September 2018
The Embroiderer’s Guild lecture ‘Resplendent or Ridiculous? Dress at Queen Victoria’s Court’ – December 2018
The Wallace Collection 3 day course ‘Fashion in Miniature: Decoding Dress C16th-C19th’ – March 2019
National Portrait Gallery public lecture ‘Exquisite Objects: Dressed to Impress in the Age of Shakespeare and Hilliard’ – April 2019
Samuel Johnson House public lecture ‘Fashionable Circles – Garrick, Johnson, Reynolds’ – May 2019
Royal Academy lecture ‘A Tale of Two Cities: Paris Fashion, London Life (in Art 1740-1790) – May 2019
The Embroiderer’s Guild lecture ‘Subversive Stitching: Embroidery in Art, Embroidery as Art’ – June 2019
Victorian Society of America ‘Kaleidoscope: Clothing and Culture in the Crinoline Era’ – July 2019
Christie’s Education Conference, Recycling Luxury ‘Signifiers of Status: Borrowed Robes in Batoni’s Art’ – July 2019
Wallace Collection Day Course ‘Fashion or Fantasy: Manolo Blahnik and the Fine Art of the Shoe’ – July 2019
Georgian Society of Ireland ‘Batoni’s Irish Sitters’ The Standish Barry Biannual Lecture – October 2019
National Portrait Gallery public lecture ‘Six Wives and their Wardrobes: Power Dressing at the Court of Henry VIII’ – June 2020