The National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery, which opened in 1856 and is located just off Trafalgar Square, houses the world's largest collection of portraiture, which includes famous men and women who have helped shape British history from the great Tudor courts to the present day, as well as contemporary portraits that reflect the diversity, inventiveness, and multi-culturalism of modern-day Britain. The Gallery offers a unique and interesting view into those individuals who together characterize a nation by weaving together 500 years of history, art, biography, and celebrity.
Visitors can meet kings and queens, courtiers and courtesans, politicians and poets, warriors and scientists, artists and writers, philosophers and movie stars up close and personal. Its 3,000 paintings depict some of Britain's most famous and instantly recognizable figures, from Elizabeth I to J. K. Rowling, by artists ranging from Holbein to Hockney. Behind each image is a fascinating story giving an insight into an individual who stood out in their generation and enriched culture and national consciousness.
Address: St. Martin's Pl, London WC2H 0HE
Website: https://www.npg.org.uk/
