Primary Collection

Introduction to the Primary Collection

Introduction to  the Primary Collection

The Gallery's collecting policy and the purpose of the Collection, and its display in London and beyond the Gallery.

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NPG 394 - © National Portrait Gallery, LondonExplore 120,000 portraits from the 16th Century to the present day.

Selected archive documents relating to Primary Collection portraits

Selected archive documents relating to Primary Collection portraits

Notes by artists and letters to and from sitters from the 17th Century to the present day relating to portraits within the Collection.

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Commissions

Commissions

Commissioning of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and works in mixed media over the last 25 years.

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