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  1. www.npg.org.ukHome - National Portrait Gallery

    National Portrait Gallery, London. Open daily from 10.30. Free admission. We look after the world’s greatest collection of portraits.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › National_Portrait_GalleryNational Portrait Gallery, London - Wikipedia

    The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.

    • 195,000 portraits
    • St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE, United Kingdom
    • 1856; 167 years ago

  3. www.thegeographicalcure.com › post › guide-to-londonGuide To London's National Portrait Gallery, A Walk Through ...

    • Portraits of Richard III. Richard III was the last Yorkist king of England. He’s known as the evil, ambitious king who murdered the sons of Edward IV, the two princes in the tower, and seized the crown.
    • Portrait of Henry VII. Born in Wales, Henry Tudor had a tenuous claim to the throne through his mother, the scheming Margaret Beaufort. But, skillful and shrewd, Henry defeated Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 and seized the crown.
    • Holbein Portrait of Henry VIII. There are a raft of Tudor portraits in Room 1. At that time, standalone portraiture was a hugely popular art form. Over time, the scale and imagery of the portraits became quite ambitious.
    • Six Queens: Henry VIII’s Wives. The museum has portraits of 4 of the 6 wives of Henry VII. You remember the saying, right? “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.”

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  5. www.britannica.com › topic › National-PortraitNational Portrait Gallery | History, Collection, & Facts

    Apr 3, 2024 · National Portrait Gallery, museum in London that houses the national collection of portraits of British men and women. It includes portraits of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger; Jane Austen by her sister, Cassandra Austen; Thomas Carlyle by Julia Margaret Cameron; and a self-portrait by Chris Ofili.

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