A GALLERY has taken art into a new dimension that people can feel as well as see.
Beningbrough Hall, the National Trust property north of York, has taken delivery of its first tactile portrait.
The hall already has more than 100 portraits on loan from the National Portrait Gallery and the latest is a tactile reproduction of one of their works.
It depicts Charles Mohun, a soldier and notorious duellist who was twice tried for murder before he was 20.
The tactile portrait was made by artist Sarah Northfield under a graduate work experience programme.
Property manager Ray Barker said: "It is a very powerful image. I certainly wouldn't want to tackle him in a duel."
The portrait is part of a collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, jointly funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Education and Skills.
Published: 08/04/2004
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