COMING HOME
This exciting project saw the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with. The country-wide initiative enabled portraits from the national Collection to travel to towns and cities across the UK, providing venues and communities with the opportunity to celebrate their local heroes.
COMING HOME was made possible by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, generous contributions from The Thompson Family Charitable Trust and funds raised at the Gallery’s Portrait Gala in 2017.
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COMING HOME: Anne, Countess of Pembroke (Lady Anne Clifford)
Past national and international programme archive
22 March - 22 June 2019
Abbot Hall, Kendal
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: David Hockney
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Dylan Thomas
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Tracey Emin
Past national and international programme archive
24 June - 8 September 2019
Turner Contemporary
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: King Richard III
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Stormzy
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Sir Francis Drake
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Jessica Ennis-Hill
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Maxine Peake
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Lord Byron
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Samuel Johnson
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Virginia Woolf
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: William Wilberforce
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Horatio Nelson
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Ira Frederick Aldridge
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Meera Syal
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Florence Nightingale
Past national and international programme archive
3 March - 21 May 2020
Derby Museum, Derby
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Paul Robeson
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Malala Yousafzai
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Ridley Scott
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: David Beckham
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Chris Lowe
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Mary Seacole
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Jem Wharton
Past national and international programme archive
18 May - 4 July 2021
Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Grayson Perry
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Richard III
Past national and international programme archive
9 July - 31 October 2021
Yorkshire Museum, York
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Andy Murray
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Past national and international programme archive
7 April - 4 June 2022
Reading Museum, Reading
Free
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: L.S. Lowry
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.
COMING HOME: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
COMING HOME sees the Gallery sending portraits of iconic individuals to places they are closely associated with.