Terrance M Ffyffe

Writer and Poet Rudyard Kipling, was born #OTD 1865. Kipling was unequalled as an observer of the Raj and as a commentator on the duties and obligations of the empire. He is now recognised as one of the major talents of his time. See this portrait in room 28 of the Gallery. #free

This portrait of Dame Barbara Hepworth at work on the armature of a sculpture, by photographer Ida Kar, is our #PortraitoftheDay. Born and raised in Wakefield, Hepworth's work paralleled that of Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson in achieving an international status for British art.

Character studies were a major part of Cézanne’s work from 1890. This work, of an ‘Old Woman with a Rosary’, portrays a sitter whose features reflect a life of manual labour and whose piety goes with the territory. See it in #CézannePortraits until 11 Feb. npg.org.uk/whatson/cezanne-p…