The Sir Denis Mahon Essay Prize 2021 at the Charterhouse
featuring
MARJOTTE MILES, Winner
with her essay presented as a lecture:
The Invisibility of the Old Woman Artist: Van Dyck’s Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola.

The Sir Denis Mahon Essay Prize 2021 was held at the Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London, and was hosted by the Director of Operations, Tom Foakes.

Marjotte Miles began an ESRC-funded PhD in History in 2021 with the University and Museums of Liverpool on imperial violence and technology in museum collections. In 2019, she completed an MA in History of Art and Visual Studies at Wolfson College at Oxford, having gained her BA in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art (2015-18). She is a teaching assistant at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery in London, delivering study group sessions to AS and A level History of Art students for Art History Link-up, a registered charity which provides an opportunity for students from diverse backgrounds to learn about and have direct access to visual culture, and to open up career and further education choices through accredited qualifications.