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NPG 394 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonExplore 160,000 portraits from the 16th Century to the present day.

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NPG 6593(1) - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonSearch the Gallery's collections in a wider variety of ways, such as by date of work, or gender.

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NPG 5868 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonExplore highlights from the Collections, room by room guides and interviews with sitters and artists.

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NPG 1 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonInsights into the Primary Collection, including paintings and sculpture; the Reference Collection, including prints and the Photographs Collection.

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NPG 456 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonThe Gallery is working to make detailed catalogue information available online for all portraits in the Collection.


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Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue

NPG 5048 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonResearch work on detailed catalogues of Later Victorian Portraits, currently focussed on the Art and Architecture tranche.


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Conservation

NPG 1597 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonFulfilling the long-term preservation of all collection items in order to make them accessible now and in the future.

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