Publications
National Portrait Gallery Publications aims to promote the Gallery's exhibitions through intriguing titles with masterful artwork. These books not only increase our visitors' knowledge and their enjoyment of the collections but they also give insight into the world of art, and the complex relationship between artist and sitter. Portraiture has evolved over centuries and the Gallery and its publications reflect this, with titles ranging from Constable Portraits: The Painter & His Circle and Twiggy: A Life in Photographs. Come to the Gallery to see the world of British portraiture and enlighten your mind with a National Portrait Gallery book.
New titles
Recently published books and catalogues, include Gerhard Richter Portraits available online.
Beatles to Bowie
Twiggy: A Life in Photographs
A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery
Gay Icons
A Guide to Contemporary Portraits
Constable Portraits
Gerhard Richter Portraits
Vanity Fair Portraits Anniversary publication
Vanity Fair Portraits - Exhibition Catalogue
Forthcoming titles
Forthcoming books and catalogues.
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009
Later Stuarts Portraits 1685–1714
Fine Art - Exhibitions
Publications linked to fine art exhibitions at the Gallery, including the Pop Art Portraits and David Hockney shows.
Wyndham Lewis Portraits
Brilliant Women
Pop Art Portraits
David Hockney Portraits
Searching for Shakespeare
Self-Portrait: Renaissance to Contemporary
Photography
In print catalogues linked to photographic exhibitions at the Gallery in recent years.
Fine Art - Gallery Collections
Books of the Gallery's Primary Collection of 11,000 portraits and sub-sections of the Collection.
A Guide to Tudor and Jacobean Portraits
Complete Illustrated Catalogue
National Portrait Gallery Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790
Visitors guides
Guide to the history of the Gallery since 1856.
National Portait Gallery: A Brief History
Insights
A series of illustrated books on literary and artistic personalities and themes, based on the Gallery's collections.
The Bloomsbury Group
The Pre-Raphaelite Circle
Self-Portraits
The Romantics Poets and their Circle
Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
History & biography
Books and catalogues related to recent exhibitions and displays exploring aspects of history and biography.
Between Worlds
The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England
Visitor Exclusives
Books available exclusively through the Gallery and online at special promotional prices.
Complete Illustrated Catalogue
Julia Margaret Cameron
Educational Publishing
Resource and postcard packs linked to National Curriculum keystages 2, 3 and 4 in History.
Henry VIII and the Early Tudors postcard pack
The Elizabethans postcard pack
Tudor Portraits resource pack
