National Portrait Gallery

An art museum in London, founded in 1856. It collects and shows portraits of important people in British history and culture. It was the first national gallery in the world dedicated to portraits. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, drawings and a very large collection of photographs, from early Victorian prints to recent work. It also holds regular photography exhibitions.


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