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National Portrait Gallery

Diversity

A selection of portraits that depict ethnic minorities and show black and Asian representation from the Gallery's collection.

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Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, by Pierre Mignard, 1682 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth
by Pierre Mignard
1682
NPG 497

Sir John Chardin, by Unknown artist, 1711? - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir John Chardin
by Unknown artist
1711?
NPG 5161

Unknown woman, formerly known as Peg Woffington, attributed to Francis Hayman, circa 1745 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Unknown woman, formerly known as Peg Woffington
attributed to Francis Hayman
circa 1745
NPG 2177

The Audience of the Grand Signor (A Sultan of Turkey receiving a British Ambassador), by Unknown artist, circa 1755-1765 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

The Audience of the Grand Signor (A Sultan of Turkey receiving a British Ambassador)
by Unknown artist
circa 1755-1765
NPG 3797

Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757, by Francis Hayman, circa 1760 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757
by Francis Hayman
circa 1760
NPG 5263

Tom Molineaux, by Unknown artist, circa 1810-1815 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Tom Molineaux
by Unknown artist
circa 1810-1815
NPG 5813

The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840, by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1841 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
1841
NPG 599

'The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor), by Thomas Jones Barker, circa 1862-1863 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

'The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor)
by Thomas Jones Barker
circa 1862-1863
NPG 4969

Mary Seacole, by Albert Charles Challen, 1869 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Mary Seacole
by Albert Charles Challen
1869
NPG 6856

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, by Walter Wallis, 1881 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
by Walter Wallis
1881
NPG 5724

Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, by Sir William Orpen, 1919 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner
by Sir William Orpen
1919
NPG 4188

Indira Devi, Maharani of Cooch Behar, by Dorothy Wilding, 1928 - NPG - © William Hustler and Georgina Hustler / National Portrait Gallery, London

Indira Devi, Maharani of Cooch Behar
by Dorothy Wilding
1928
NPG P870(2)

Harold Moody, by Ronald Moody, 1997, based on a work of 1946 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Harold Moody
by Ronald Moody
1997, based on a work of 1946
NPG 6380

Shirley Bassey, by Angus McBean, 1959 - NPG - Angus McBean Photograph. © Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University.

Shirley Bassey
by Angus McBean
1959
NPG P885

Pandit Ram Gopal, by Feliks Topolski, circa 1972 - NPG - © estate of Feliks Topolski

Pandit Ram Gopal
by Feliks Topolski
circa 1972
NPG 6812

Frank Bruno, by Lord Snowdon, 11 February 1983 - NPG - © Armstrong Jones

Frank Bruno
by Lord Snowdon
11 February 1983
NPG P802

Salman Rushdie ('The Moor'), by Bhupen Khakhar, 1995 - NPG - © estate of Bhupen Khakhar

Salman Rushdie ('The Moor')
by Bhupen Khakhar
1995
NPG 6352

Willard White, by Ishbel Myerscough, 2009 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Willard White
by Ishbel Myerscough
2009
NPG 6886

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