Portrait Gallery Audio Tour for visually impaired audiences.
Enjoy a descriptive audio tour of nine iconic portraits at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The tour, which has been developed specifically for people with sight loss, features detailed and evocative descriptions of artworks, including information about the context in which works were created and on artistic techniques.
This content is part of our Visually Impaired Programme that also includes tours of the:
Highlights of the Scottish National Gallery
Sculpture Park at the Galleries of Modern Art
This tour is approx. 35 mins long and can also be accessed via our Soundcloud.
William Birnie Rhind
William Wallace, About 1272 - 1305
(1787)
Antonio David
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart
(1732)
Richard Wilson
Flora Macdonald [Fionnghal nighean Raghnaill ’ic Aonghais Òig], 1722 - 1790. Jacobite heroine
(1747)
John Byrne
John Patrick Byrne, b. 1940. Artist, dramatist and stage designer (Self-portrait in a Flowered Jacket)
(1971-73)
Unknown
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567
(About 1610 - 1615)
27 March 2020
