Unusual facts and figures

Oldest date portrait?

First portrait acquired?

(acquired in 1856)

Tallest portrait?

Biggest portrait?

(nearly 5.3 metres wide, 52,000 times larger than the smallest)

Smallest portrait?

(barely larger than a thumbnail)

Thinnest portrait?

(nearly 4 times taller than it is wide)

Squattest  portrait?

(nearly 4 times wider than it is high)

Portrait with most sitters?

(nearly 400 figures, 320 of which have been identified)

Sitter represented most?

(William Gladstone, represented in 65 Primary Collection portraits)