Virtual tours
Virtual tours
Ready-made groups of 12 portraits in the collection
Tudors and Elizabethans
From Shakespeare to Henry VIII, explore 12 Tudor and Elizabethan portraits in our collection
Stuarts and Civil War
From Oliver Cromwell to Samuel Pepys, see 12 famous faces from this dramatic chapter of British history
Victorians
From Charles Dickens to Florence Nightingale, meet some notable 19th century figures
20th Century
Come face to face with politicians, writers and artists from the last century
Portraits by theme
Events and occasions
See portraits of famous wars, trials and exhibitions from the collection
Family and children
From the Brontës to Charles I's family, see 12 portraits of eminent families from our collection
Scientific discovery
Gravity, stars, electricity: portraits of scientists responsible for exciting discoveries
Writers
From Charles Dickens to Bernardine Evaristo, discover portraits of writers in our collection
If you have ideas for other tours you would like developed, please email us at [email protected] and we will share them with a wider audience. Thank you!
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