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RECENT ACQUISITIONS

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857-1941
Founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
1908
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x126434
Photographs Collection

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857-1941
Founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
1908
whole-plate glass negative
NPG x126435
Photographs Collection

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857-1941
Founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
1908
10 x 12 inch glass plate negative
NPG x126436
Photographs Collection

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857-1941
Founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett
1908
10 x 12 inch glass plate negative
NPG x126437
Photographs Collection

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell
1889-1977
Leader of the world Girl Guide movement
by Bassano
27 November 1958
half-plate film negative
NPG x170019
Photographs Collection

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell
1889-1977
Leader of the world Girl Guide movement
by Bassano
27 November 1958
half-plate film negative
NPG x170020
Photographs Collection

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Lady Baden-Powell
1889-1977
Leader of the world Girl Guide movement
by Bassano
27 November 1958
half-plate film negative
NPG x170021
Photographs Collection

Christopher Bailey
1971-
Head of Design, Burberry
by Steve Double
July 2004
bromide fibre print
13 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (350 mm x 350 mm)
NPG x126915
Photographs Collection

Isabel Bannerman (née Eustace)
1962-
Garden designer
by Tessa Traeger
2001
silver gelatin print
15 in. x 11 3/8 in. (380 mm x 290 mm)
NPG P1026(2)
Primary Collection

Julian Diamond Bannerman
1951-
Garden designer
by Tessa Traeger
2001
silver gelatin print
15 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. (393 mm x 266 mm)
NPG P1026(3)
Primary Collection

Anthony Barber, Baron Barber
1920-
Chancellor of the Exchequer
by Bassano
2 February 1959
half-plate film negative
NPG x170033
Photographs Collection

Anthony Barber, Baron Barber
1920-
Chancellor of the Exchequer
by Bassano
2 February 1959
half-plate film negative
NPG x170034
Photographs Collection

Clive Alexander Barnes
1927-
Drama and Dance Critic
by Alan Bergman
8 September 1927
selenium toned bromide print
14 in. x 9 3/8 in. (357 mm x 238 mm)
NPG x126453
Photographs Collection

Victoria Barnsley (Hon. Mrs Nicholas Howard)
1954-
Chief Executive and Publisher, HarperCollins UK
by Harry Borden
8 June 2004
archival digital c-type print
18 in. x 11 3/4 in. (457 mm x 297 mm)
NPG x126983
Photographs Collection

Wilson Barratt
1846-1904
Actor-manager and dramatist
by W. & D. Downey
1890s
albumen cabinet card
5 3/4 in. x 4 in. (145 mm x 102 mm)
NPG x126448
Photographs Collection

Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath
1932-
Landowner, artist and writer
by Fergus Greer
1994
lambda print
12 7/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. (326 mm x 256 mm)
NPG x126881
Photographs Collection

Stephen Paul Bayley
1951-
Design consultant and writer
by Nigel Spalding
2001
selenium toned bromide print
13 1/2 in. x 11 in. (343 mm x 278 mm)
NPG x126382
Photographs Collection

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
1804-1881
Prime Minister and novelist
by Carlo Pellegrini
published in Vanity Fair 30 January 1869
watercolour
11 7/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (302 mm x 161 mm)
NPG 6659
Primary Collection

Cecil Beaton
1904-1980
Photographer, designer and writer
by Cecil Beaton
1920s
bromide print on card mount
6 3/8 in. x 4 1/4 in. (161 mm x 107 mm)
NPG x126367
Photographs Collection

Cecil Beaton
1904-1980
Photographer, designer and writer
by Bryan Wharton
1969
bromide fibre print
10 3/4 in. x 15 in. (273 mm x 382 mm)
NPG x126286
Photographs Collection

David Robert Joseph Beckham
1975-
Footballer
by Sam Taylor-Wood
2004
digital film displayed on plasma screen
NPG 6661
Primary Collection

Elisabeth Bergner
1897-1986
Actress
by Cecil Beaton
1934
bromide print on card mount
9 5/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (243 mm x 189 mm)
NPG P1041
Primary Collection

Steven Berkoff
1937-
Playwright, actor and director
by Antonio Petronzio
9 September 2003
C-type colour print
19 5/8 in. x 15 3/4 in. (500 mm x 401 mm)
NPG x126715
Photographs Collection

Jeffrey Joseph Bernard
1932-1997
Writer and journalist
by Julia Hember
January 1995
Sepia toned bromide fibre print
11 1/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. (285 mm x 285 mm)
NPG x126292
Photographs Collection

Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick
1912-1987
Chairman of British Aerospace; Politician
by Bassano
19 February 1959
half-plate film negative
NPG x170081
Photographs Collection

Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick
1912-1987
Chairman of British Aerospace; Politician
by Bassano
19 February 1959
half-plate film negative
NPG x170082
Photographs Collection

Sir (Francis) Christopher Buchan Bland
1938-
Chairman, British Telecommunications plc
by Harry Borden
13 April 1999
archival digital c-type print
13 7/8 in. x 14 in. (352 mm x 356 mm)
NPG x127007
Photographs Collection

Alan Herbert Vauser Bloom
1906-2005
Plantsman
by Tessa Traeger
2000
silver gelatin print
15 in. x 11 3/8 in. (380 mm x 290 mm)
NPG P1026(4)
Primary Collection

Heston Blumenthal

Chef and restaurateur
by Laurie Fletcher
19 January 2004
digital C-type colour print
11 1/2 in. x 12 1/8 in. (292 mm x 307 mm)
NPG x126323
Photographs Collection

Lillian Board
1948-1970
Athlete
by Jorge ('J.S.') Lewinski
April 1970
bromide print
16 1/4 in. x 12 3/4 in. (414 mm x 324 mm)
NPG P1044
Primary Collection

Sir John Reginald Hartnell Bond
1941-
Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
by Harry Borden
10 May 2004
archival digital c-type print
18 in. x 11 7/8 in. (457 mm x 302 mm)
NPG x126984
Photographs Collection

Sir Peter Leahy Bonfield
1944-
International business executive
by Harry Borden
19 May 2000
archival digital c-type print
13 7/8 in. x 14 in. (352 mm x 356 mm)
NPG x127008
Photographs Collection

Leigh Bowery
1961-1994
Australian performance artist
by Stephen Willats
1984
two panel work (photographic prints, photographic dye, ink, acrylic paint, and objects mounted on board) with tower of ten painted breeze blocks - panel one ('What is he trying to get at?'): 1520 mm x 980 mm (59 7/8 in. x 38 1/2 in.); panel two ('Where does he want to go?'): 1520 mm x 980 mm (59 7/8 in. x 38 1/2 in.); tower: 2000 mm x 440 mm (78 3/4 in. x 17 1/4 in.)
NPG 6660
Primary Collection

David Bowie
1947-
Singer and performer; film and stage actor; video and film producer; graphic designer
by Fergus Greer
2001
bromide fibre print
11 1/4 in. x 9 in. (286 mm x 229 mm)
NPG x126882
Photographs Collection

Henry Thomas Bowlby
1864-1940
Bishop Suffragen of Coventry
by Philip Alexius de L´szló
early 20th century
collotype
21 3/4 in. x 14 7/8 in. (553 mm x 377 mm) paper size
NPG D16288
Archive Collection

Andrew Parker Bowles
1939-
Brigadier-General
by David Dawson
2003
C-type colour print
NPG x126317
Photographs Collection

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
1821-1906
Painter
by Sir William Rothenstein
circa 1895
sanguine and black chalk
10 in. x 8 in. (254 mm x 203 mm)
NPG 6687
Primary Collection

Allan Bradley

Director of the Sanger Centre (for genome research)
by James F. Hunkin
October 2001
'r' type colour print
15 3/8 in. x 15 3/8 in. (392 mm x 391 mm)
NPG x126340
Photographs Collection

Kenneth Charles Branagh
1960-
Actor and director
by Michael Daks
1982
bromide fibre print
12 3/4 in. x 9 3/8 in. (325 mm x 239 mm)
NPG x126412
Photographs Collection

Bill Brandt
1904-1983
Photographer
by Hazel Soan
1979
ink on paper
21 5/8 in. x 15 1/8 in. (549 mm x 383 mm)
NPG D17000
Archive Collection

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
1950-
Business executive and entrepreneur
by Harry Borden
19 June 2002
archival digital c-type print
14 in. x 14 in. (356 mm x 356 mm)
NPG x127009
Photographs Collection

Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
1836-1918
by Henry J. Cobbold
1880s
albumen cabinet card
6 1/8 in. x 4 in. (154 mm x 101 mm)
NPG x126800
Photographs Collection

Lady Anna Brassey (née Allnutt)
1839-1887
Daughter of John Allnutt; wife of 1st Earl Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
1883
albumen cabinet card
5 7/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. (150 mm x 106 mm)
NPG x126799
Photographs Collection

Lady Anna Brassey (née Allnutt)
1839-1887
Daughter of John Allnutt; wife of 1st Earl Brassey
by Henry J. Cobbold
1880s
albumen cabinet card
6 1/8 in. x 4 in. (154 mm x 101 mm)
NPG x126800
Photographs Collection

Erica Brausen
died 1992
Art dealer and Director of the Hanover Gallery, London
by Jorge ('J.S.') Lewinski
March 1968
bromide print
12 1/2 in. x 17 1/2 in. (317 mm x 446 mm)
NPG P1043
Primary Collection

Christopher David Brickell
1932-
Botanist and garden designer
by Tessa Traeger
2001
silver gelatin print
15 in. x 11 3/8 in. (380 mm x 290 mm)
NPG P1026(5)
Primary Collection

John Bright
1811-1889
Statesman and orator
by Elliott & Fry
1875
albumen carte-de-visite
3 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (82 mm x 57 mm) overall
NPG x127026
Photographs Collection

John Brookes
1933-
Landscape architect and writer
by Tessa Traeger
2002
silver gelatin print
15 in. x 11 3/8 in. (380 mm x 290 mm)
NPG P1026(6)
Primary Collection

Brigid Antonia Brophy
1929-1995
Novelist
by Jorge ('J.S.') Lewinski
March 1968
bromide print
16 3/4 in. x 13 1/2 in. (424 mm x 343 mm)
NPG P1045
Primary Collection

(Edmund) John Phillip Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
1948-
Group Chief Executive, BP (formerly BP Amoco) plc
by Harry Borden
8 October 2003
archival digital c-type print
18 in. x 11 3/4 in. (457 mm x 297 mm)
NPG x126985
Photographs Collection

Christopher J. Budd
1960-
Professor of Applied Mathematics
by James F. Hunkin
October 2001
'r' type colour print
15 3/8 in. x 15 3/8 in. (392 mm x 391 mm)
NPG x126341
Photographs Collection

John Boscawen Burland
1936-
Civil Engineer; Professor of Soil Mechanics
by James F. Hunkin
May 2001
'r' type colour print
15 3/8 in. x 15 3/8 in. (392 mm x 391 mm)
NPG x126342
Photographs Collection

Harriett Georgina (Thornewill), Lady Burton
1841-1931
Wife of 1st Baron Burton
by Unknown photographer
1920s
bromide print on card mount
9 7/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (252 mm x 200 mm)
NPG x126332
Photographs Collection

Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss (née Havers)
1933-
Judge
by Christian Courrèges
2003
C-type colour print laid on aluminium
47 1/4 in. x 25 1/2 in. (1201 mm x 647 mm)
NPG P1029
Primary Collection

Dame Antonia Susan ('A.S.') Byatt
1936-
Novelist and critic
by Norman McBeath
29 October 1997
bromide fibre print
11 in. x 10 7/8 in. (278 mm x 276 mm)
NPG x126410
Photographs Collection


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