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The Gallery was founded in 1856 to collect portraits of famous British men and women. Explore over 185,000 portraits from the 16th Century to the present day.

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Scandal ’63: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Profumo Affair

Scandal ’63: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Profumo Affair

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