This portrait depicts Miss Lambe, a character from Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon (1817). Miss Lambe is unique in Austen’s novels as a character of African heritage. She is a wealthy young heiress, who had a ‘maid of her own’ and ‘was always of the first consequence in every plan’.

In 1893, at the age of just 13, George ‘Bertie’ Robinson, became the first (and only) Black member of staff…

Mary Hale was the sister-in-law of the 1st Earl of Harewood.

This portrait depicts Louisa, 3rd Countess of Harewood.

This portrait depicts Henry Lascelles, the 2nd Earl of Harewood, standing in the Harewood landscape.

David Harewood MBE is a British actor, writer and activist. He is the current President of the Royal Academy of…

Arthur France MBE is a senior community leader in Leeds and founder of the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the oldest authentic…

Lady Harrington (or Jane Fleming as she was known when this portrait was painted) is depicted by Reynolds as a…

This portrait depicts Edwin Lascelles (1712 – 1795), the builder of Harewood House.

Princess Mary was a talented horsewoman and is shown here riding her favourite horse, Portumna.