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 ...

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.

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Find out what's on in our current and upcoming exhibitions, displays, events, programmes, workshops and more.

Daniel Defoe was a novelist, pamphleteer and journalist who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel who ...

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 ...

The War effort continues with women recruited to the Home Guard and Ernie Bevin introducing conscription of miners as coal output continues to flag. There is panic when a new anti aircraft weapon is ...

Visitors can enjoy our exhibitions for a minimum payment of £1 every Saturday evening for timed entry between 17.30 and 20.00, and Sunday morning for timed entry between 10.30 to 12.00.