Norwich and London, England, October 01, 2015
Application deadline: May 11, 2015

Portraiture and the British Naval Officer, c.1740–1805

This studentship is fully-funded by the Arts and Humanities Research
Council and is full-time for three years, starting in October 2015. It
is tenable at the University of East Anglia, in collaboration with the
NMM and the National Portrait Gallery (both of which are CDP Thames
Consortium partners).

• Principal Supervisor: Dr Sarah Monks (UEA).
• Lead heritage organization supervisor: Christine Riding, Head of Art
and Curator of The Queen’s House, (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).
• Second heritage organization supervisor: Dr Lucy Peltz (Curator, 18th
Century Collections, National Portrait Gallery, ‘NPG’)

This PhD will be the first sustained critical study of British naval
officers’ portraits between the period of Britain’s emergence as a
world maritime power and that power’s consolidation at Trafalgar.
This is an opportunity to pursue an original doctoral research project
within one of the highest-ranking History of Art departments in the UK
(with a substantial community of scholars working on British art)
whilst working closely with two national museums/galleries with
renowned collections and expertise.
Applicants should hold (or expect to achieve) a Master’s degree and
either a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degree in a relevant
discipline.

See the University of East Anglia website for full details including
how to apply:
https://www.uea.ac.uk/art-history/scholarships-and-funding/phdfunding

Informal enquiries are welcomed by Dr Sarah Monks.
Email: s.monks@uea.ac.uk
Tel: (01603) 593768.
Closing date: 11 May 2015.