Historical Portrait Quiz 

 The portraits below were part of our exhibition in the Folkestone Museum and are modelled on historical portraits of queer creatives with connections to the local area.

See if you can match up the contemporary queer creative with their historical inspiration.

 
 

Answers below:

  1. Kannidiss was emulating Bessie Smith

  2. Lolo was emulating Una Troubridge

  3. Mia was emulating Edy Craig

  4. Nell was emulating Radclyffe Hall

  5. Alex was emulating Virginia Woolf

  6. Ray was emulating Ethel Smyth

  7. Jarred was emulating Vita Sackville-West