Pamela Winefred Tennant (née Paget), Lady Glenconner (1903-1989), Wife of 2nd Baron Glenconner; daughter of Sir Richard Arthur Surtees Paget, 2nd Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 126 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits. John Smith (1652-1743), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1181 ...

Painter, printmaker and designer, best known for the compelling realism of his portraits. He learnt painting from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, and worked in Basle, Switzerland, before moving to ...

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The Gallery provides a number of Enquiry Services. Or you can conduct your own online research through searching the Gallery’s collection for sitters or artists or by consulting the list of Useful ...

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, ...

This project has now been archived and these pages are no longer being updated.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 ...

Join our free monthly session for Under 5s. Explore the gallery and the collection with your family through stories, songs and making activities.

Join us for this special evening practical class, exclusively for Members, led by artist Robin-Lee Hall. Members will have the opportunity to create portraits inspired by Tracey Emin’s bronze doors, ...

£5 tickets for 25s and under: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Pay What You Wish: pay as little as £1 every Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Seniors Mondays: 50% off every Monday for visitors over ...

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 ...

Photo Portrait Now is a National Portrait Gallery partnership project with five universities from across England and Wales exploring contemporary portrait photography over the 2023-2024 academic year.