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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Richard Westall
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer
Churchill
by Walter Richard Sickert
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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American Friends of the National
Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery
London has for years enjoyed a close affiliation with the United
States. Critically acclaimed exhibitions from the Gallery travel
to some of the most celebrated museums and galleries in the US
including Horst Portraits: 60 Years of Style (Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston), David Hockney Portraits (MFA and Los
Angeles County Museum of Art), Romantics & Revolutionaries:
Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery and
Searching for Shakespeeare (Yale Center for British Art,
New Haven), and George Romney (Huntington Art Gallery,
San Marino), and most recently, from Spring to Autumn 2007, Great
Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London
(National Portrait Gallery Washington.
The American Friends of the National
Portrait Gallery is an independent charity based in the United
States that builds awareness of the Gallery in London and its
work in America and helps support important exhibitions and acquisitions.
Americans in the United States and London have the opportunity
to enjoy a close association with the Gallery and broaden their
knowledge of portraiture and the Gallery's Collection through
special events to celebrate our touring exhibitions.
With annual visitor figures of
over 6 million to the website and 1.5 million to the Gallery,
the Collection engages an international audience. The Gallery
continues to go from strength to strength but its requirements
are also growing and your support is needed more than ever.
Should you wish to make a donation
in US dollars through the American Friends of the National Portrait
Gallery, a 501 (c) (3) registered charity, you can receive favourable
tax deductions on your gift.
To find out more about how you
can support the Gallery, please contact:
Emma Black
Individual Giving Manager
Tel: 020 7312 2444
Fax: 020 7306 0058
eblack@npg.org.uk
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