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Nov 15, 2024 · Portrait of a Top Boy. We teamed up with Netflix to mark the final season of Top Boy.Featuring portraits of the iconic cast of characters by 16 established and emerging UK-based artists, this online display, curated by multi-disciplinary artist Ronan McKenzie, celebrates the show’s lasting impact on our cultural industries.
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Sunday to Thursday: 10.30 - 17.50 (last deposit 17.00) Friday and Saturday: 10.30 - 20.50 (last deposit 20.00). Read more about our cloakroom policy.. Please note: Backpacks and large bags (max size 35 x 25 x 15cm) are not permitted in temporary exhibitions but can be checked into the cloakroom before entering.Please note there is a charge for …
Kings and Queens: a family tree - National Portrait Gallery
Follow the family tree of the Kings and Queens of England, from 871 to the present day. The origins of kingship in England can be traced to the second century BC when Celtic and Belgic tribesmen, emigrated from continental Europe and settled in Britain displacing or absorbing the aboriginal inhabitants. The settlers established a number of ...
Identity through portraiture: the self - National Portrait Gallery
Everlyn Nicodemus is an artist, writer and curator. She has been described as ‘one of the strongest feminist Feminist Having or based on the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men. voices to emerge from eastern Africa in the past 30 years’. Born in Tanzania, Nicodemus moved across Europe before settling in Scotland.
Francis Bacon: Human Presence - National Portrait Gallery
Oct 10, 2024 · Bacon’s Butty and Bubbles: Enjoy an extra-special bacon roll using Irish sugar pit bacon, English Lincolnshire butter and Shipton Mill flour with a glass of Champagne at The Portrait Restaurant. Available Wednesday to Saturday 15.00–20.30. Evening Portraits and Cocktails with Francis Bacon: To coincide with the Gallery’s late opening on ...
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Discover people and portraits from our extensive Collection. 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. Explore:
Queen Elizabeth I - Person - National Portrait Gallery
Queen Elizabeth I. (1533-1603), Reigned 1558-1603. Sitter associated with 138 portraits. The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth came to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary I. Her long reign, beginning in 1558, saw the secure establishment of the Church of England. It was characterised by relative peace and prosperity ...
Queen Victoria - Person - National Portrait Gallery
Reigned 1837-1901 Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne shortly after her eighteenth birthday in July 1837. She was daughter of the Duke of Kent, who was the fourth son of George III. Ruling for 63 years, her reign was the second longest in British history, she celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1887 and Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Victoria restored the …
Six Lives - National Portrait Gallery
Sep 8, 2024 · ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Daily Telegraph ‘Superb’ - Financial Times ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times. 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, presenting a study of the lives and afterlives of the six women who married Henry VIII.