National Portrait Gallery, London
The
National Portrait Gallery is an
art gallery in the
City of Westminster, in
London which was opened in
1856. It houses
portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter rather than the fame of the artist or the artistic merits of the work. The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture. It moved to its present building adjacent to the
National Gallery in
1896, since when it has been expanded twice, most recently with the opening of the Ondaatje Wing in
2000.
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