People, Portraits and Places is where sitters, artists and portraits in our collection are connected to places.

For Asia - Pacific those connections are explored at country level.

Explore People by Places

Connections have been established where the person has a significant association with that area, be that by birth, study, travel, work, an event within their lifetime or death.

Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Borneo Brunei Cambodia China Fiji Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Mauritius Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Palau Philippines Republic of Korea (South Korea) Samoa Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Surinam Tahiti Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Vietnam

Explore Portraits by Places

Connections have been established where a portrait has been made or place that is portrayed within the object.

Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Borneo Brunei Cambodia China Fiji Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Laos Malaysia Mauritius Mongolia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Palau Philippines Republic of Korea (South Korea) Samoa Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Surinam Tahiti Tajikistan Thailand Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Vietnam

If you know of other connections we should be making, please let us know at [email protected]

People, Portrait and Places home

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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

An online exhibition celebrating the very best in contemporary portrait photography.

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See sculptures and fascinating objects from our Collection from all angles.

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David Hockney: Drawing from Life

Watch highlights from our special exhibition, which had to close early in March 2020 due to lockdown.

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