Martin Gayford

Sargent, National Portrait Gallery, review: he was so good he should have been better

Plus: a engaging exhibition of babies’ heads by Jacob Epstein at the Foundling Museum

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  • Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends

    National Portrait Gallery, until 25 May

  • Sir Jacob Epstein: Babies and Bloomsbury

    Foundling Museum, until 10 May

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