This project has now been archived and these pages are no longer being updated. BP Portrait Award: Next Generation was an annual project which last ran in 2020. The project aimed to inspire young ...

Discover the architecture of the National Portrait Gallery, originally designed in 1896 by Ewan Christian and now transformed by Jamie Fobert Architects ...

Showcasing the work of talented young photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals, the Prize features the very best of contemporary photography In this special event to celebrate ...

The Gallery is home to the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. Search over 220,000 works, from the 8th century to the present day. A new BBC Radio 4 series to mark our reopening. Over ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 1433 portraits, Sitter associated with 41 portraits. This portrait by Reynolds was ...

Tudor paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger and contemporary photography by Hiroshi Sugimoto meet in the National Portrait Gallery’s first exhibition of historic portraiture since reopening, ...

Samuel Drummond was apprenticed to the sea service when he was about thirteen, working the Baltic trade routes for six or seven years. He gave up his career on the sea to enrol in the Royal Academy ...

Henry William Wilberforce (1807-1873), Roman Catholic journalist and author; brother of Samuel W. Wilberforce. Sitter in 4 portraits. Mary Wilberforce (née Sargent) (1811-1878), Wife of Henry William ...

Of American-Iranian heritage, Fakhr is an award-winning contemporary artist who specialises in Iranian portrait paintings. He studied at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, where he attained his ...

This page provides an audio-described version of the film Room 5 about making miniatures. In the film, a conservator of portrait miniatures, Alan Derbyshire, demonstrates the techniques used in making ...

The daughter of Thomas Coutts of the London banking firm Coutts & Co. by his first wife Susan Starkie. She married Sir Francis Burdett in 1793.

Join us for our Disability history highlights tours. We will be introducing this new tour in preparation for Disability History Month. Featured portraits from the Gallery's Collection include Tanni ...