Submissions are now open for the 2025 Berger Prize.
A book is eligible where it meets the following criteria:
It is on the subject of British art history, conceived broadly to include fine arts, decorative arts, architecture, collecting and patronage, in Britain or by a British artist.
It was published in hard copy by any publisher during the preceding calendar year (1 January to 31 December 2024).
For further details about eligibility, and how to enter, please see the Enter the Prize tab on our website. Entries must be received by midnight on 28 March 2025.
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IMAGE CREDITS:
Clockwise from left to right:
Unknown artist, eighteenth century,
Detail from The Cousin of John Gawler of Ramridge House, Weyhill, Hampshire, ca. 1765,
Oil on canvas,
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.732.
Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839,
Detail from Portrait of a Boy, ca. 1790,
Oil on canvas,
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1976.7.4.
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801,
Detail from Mrs. Stevens, ca. 1795,
Oil on canvas,
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.129.
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788,
Detail from Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1750,
Oil on canvas,
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.55.
George Romney, 1734–1802,
Detail from Couple Reading a Book, undated,
Graphite; verso: pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper,
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery, B1979.12.107.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723,
Detail from Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss, between 1697 and 1716,
Oil on canvas,
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, B1990.14.