Fact 274: When was Ed Sheeran's portrait unveiled in the National Portrait Gallery?

-
Fact 274: When was Ed Sheeran's portrait unveiled in the National Portrait Gallery?



 Ed Sheeran, agreed to sit for the painting and the majority of the sitting for the portrait was in August 2015.
The portrait helpfully named Ed Sheeran was painted by the Belfast-based painter Colin Davidson. 
The portrait was unveiled on the 3rd May 2017.

You can find Ed Sheeran's portrait in Room 39, on the Ground Floor of the Lerner Contemporary Galleries in the National Portrait Gallery.


Popular posts from this blog

Fact 196: When was MI5 formed?

-
Image
Fact 196: When was MI5 formed? MI5 was formed in 1909 by Vernon Kell, Vernon Kell was also the first director General of MI5, and Vernon Kell was director General from 1909 to 1940. There have been 17 Director Generals the current Director General is Ken McCallum, interestingly the first Director General to be (officially) publicly named was Dame Stella Rimington (Director General from 1992 to 1996) basically until 1993, the Prime Minister would appoint the MI5 Director General in secret and MI5 didn't disclose the Director Generals names to the general public.
Read more

Fact 47: Did Roman legionaries punch their names into their helmets?

-
Image
Fact 47: Did Roman legionaries punch their names into their helmets? It was not uncommon for Roman legionaries (foot soldiers) to carve or punch their names into their helmets. In fact, there is a roman museum (Verulamium Roman Museum UK) that has a helmet with the name of the soldier punched into the helmet. It was discovered in 1880 and is said to have the name of the foot soldier name PAPIRI [VS]. roman Legionaries also decorated their helmets with plums to make them look taller and intimidating to their enemies because nothing says big and  intimidating like decorating your helmet with plums ( Prunus domestic)!  minimum height to enlist in the Roman Army was  5'10” it was later changed  to 5'8″ when they became desperate for recruits. and plums are only   2–7 centimetres. The roman helmet is only  37cm. 5'10” +  7 centimetres =  6 feet ¾ inch so the solder could have looked  slightly taller.
Read more

my first attempt at me doing sound effects my self.

-
Image
  Dear ? The other day i changed my profile pic but after a long think I have changed it back to the first pic. sorry for not writing just been forgetting to write. but hey I am back so you mite have seen I have uploaded 3 new videos  the other day and done the sound effects my self so I have been messing around and hitting things turning on taps and even a shower to do one of the video sound!  this is the video that I recorded a shower and a tap and poring water in a cup to make the sound perfect!  from  The Mini Mask man and cool stuff!  
Read more