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National Portrait Gallery . St Martin’s Place . London, WC2H 0HE . +44 (0)20 7306 0055. Book now. The Time is Always Now. Artists Reframe the Black Figure. Supported by Bank of America. Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron. Portraits to Dream In. Six Lives. The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens. Spring / summer exhibition ticket offers.
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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
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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Jun 25, 2023 · The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has come alive, after three years of closure and many more of shadows and stasis. Its temporary exhibitions came and went, almost always superb – Russian...
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