Gill Perry

She is a specialist in eighteenth century portraiture and has written two books on the actress in art.

In 2011/12 she curated the exhibition The First Actresses at the National Portrait Gallery in London which was widely reviewed.

[3] Her research into Modersohn-Becker formed the subject of her first book which was published by the Women's Press in 1979.

[4] Perry is a specialist in eighteenth-century portraiture and has written two books on the actress in art.

In 2011–12, she curated the exhibition The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons at the National Portrait Gallery in London,[5] supported by Lucy Peltz.