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National Portrait Gallery, London? — National Portrait Gallery, London

Founded in 1856 and located just off Trafalgar Square, the National Portrait Gallery is home to the largest collection of portraiture in the world, featuring famous men and women who have helped shape British history from the great Tudor courts to the present day, with contemporary portraits reflecting the diversity, inventiveness and multi-culturalism of modern-day Britain.

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Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel Henry Peart the elder (1637–1697)

Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel National Portrait Gallery, London
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 1844 John Partridge (1789–1872)

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 1844 National Portrait Gallery, London
David Garnett 1915 Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)

David Garnett 1915 National Portrait Gallery, London
John Tunnard 1959 John Tunnard (1900–1971)

John Tunnard 1959 National Portrait Gallery, London
John Thadeus Delane 1862 Heinrich August Georg Schiött (1823–1895)

John Thadeus Delane 1862 National Portrait Gallery, London
William Wordsworth c.1850 Henry William Pickersgill (1782–1875)

William Wordsworth c.1850 National Portrait Gallery, London
(John) Frederick Denison Maurice 1854 Jane Mary Hayward (1825–1894)

(John) Frederick Denison Maurice 1854 National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry Jackson 1889 Charles Wellington Furse (1868–1904)

Henry Jackson 1889 National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Henry Lee 1568 Antonis Mor (1512–1516–c.1576)

Sir Henry Lee 1568 National Portrait Gallery, London
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham 1820 Thomas Phillips (1770–1845)

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham 1820 National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Gray 1747–1748 John Giles Eccardt (1720–1779)

Thomas Gray 1747–1748 National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt c.1808 William Russell (1780–1870)

Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt c.1808 National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Anthony Panizzi c.1847 George Frederic Watts (1817–1904)

Sir Anthony Panizzi c.1847 National Portrait Gallery, London
William Edwin Orchard 1941 Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988)

William Edwin Orchard 1941 National Portrait Gallery, London
Horatio Nelson 1798–1799 Guy Head (1760–1800)

Horatio Nelson 1798–1799 National Portrait Gallery, London
Daniel Maclise 1846 Edward Matthew Ward (1816–1879)

Daniel Maclise 1846 National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Desmond MacCarthy 1944 Duncan Grant (1885–1978)

Sir Desmond MacCarthy 1944 National Portrait Gallery, London
George Leigh Mallory 1912 Duncan Grant (1885–1978)

George Leigh Mallory 1912 National Portrait Gallery, London
Edward Irvine Halliday ('Alter Ego') 1952 Edward Irvine Halliday (1902–1984)

Edward Irvine Halliday ('Alter Ego') 1952 National Portrait Gallery, London
Francis Henry Crittall 1919 Augustus Edwin John (1878–1961)

Francis Henry Crittall 1919 National Portrait Gallery, London

National Portrait Gallery, London