National Portrait Gallery

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The National Portrait Gallery is a major London art museum renowned for its extensive collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
portrait gallery
public museum
architect Ewan Christian
collectionFocus famous British people
historically important British people
collectionIncludes drawings
paintings
photographs
prints
sculptures
collectionType portraits
country United Kingdom
foundedBy Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Carlyle
governingLegislation National Portrait Gallery Act 1956
hasBuildingStatus Grade I listed building
hasCollectionSize over 200000 works
hasDepartment Learning and public programmes
Photography department
Research department
hasDirector Nicholas Cullinan
hasExhibitionType permanent exhibitions
temporary exhibitions
hasNeighbour National Gallery
hasNotableWork Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare
Photographic portraits by Cecil Beaton
Photographic portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I
Portraits of Winston Churchill
Brontë
surface form: Portraits of the Brontë sisters
hasProgramme Education programmes
National touring exhibitions
hasRenovation major redevelopment completed in 2023
hasWebsite https://www.npg.org.uk
inception 1856
legalForm non-departmental public body
locatedIn City of Westminster
London, England
surface form: London
locatedNear Trafalgar Square
mainBuildingOpened 1896
operatedBy Board of Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery
ownedBy UK government
partOf UK national museums
subjectArea British art
British history
visitorAttraction yes

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City of Westminster contains National Portrait Gallery
Catherine, Princess of Wales patronage National Portrait Gallery
this entity surface form: National Portrait Gallery, London
Miles Aldridge hasExhibitedAt National Portrait Gallery
Dora Carrington hasWorkInCollection National Portrait Gallery
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Charles Saumarez Smith employer National Portrait Gallery
Emma Sandys hasWorkInCollection National Portrait Gallery
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Don Bachardy hasCollectionIn National Portrait Gallery
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Bruce Chatwin hasWorkInTheCollection National Portrait Gallery
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Philip Burne-Jones hasWorkInCollection National Portrait Gallery
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Anna Airy hasWorkInCollection National Portrait Gallery
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Eric Kennington hasWorkInCollection National Portrait Gallery
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Ewan Christian notableWork National Portrait Gallery
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Ewan Christian designed National Portrait Gallery
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Nicholas Cullinan employer National Portrait Gallery
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Learning and public programmes partOf National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery Act 1956 appliesTo National Portrait Gallery
Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare collection National Portrait Gallery
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Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare location National Portrait Gallery
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Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare exhibitedAt National Portrait Gallery
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Photographic portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron inCollectionOf National Portrait Gallery
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Photographic portraits by Cecil Beaton exhibitedAt National Portrait Gallery
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King Edward Terrace adjacentTo National Portrait Gallery
National museums of the United Kingdom hasPart National Portrait Gallery
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Mark Gertler hasWorkInCollection National Portrait Gallery
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