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Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth with an unknown female attendant

by Pierre Mignard
oil on canvas, 1682
On display in Room 6 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 497

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants

attributed to Jean Baptiste Vanmour
oil on canvas, circa 1717
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3924

Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter

by Peter Angelis
oil on canvas, circa 1725
On display at Kensington Palace, London
NPG 624

'The Stage's Glory' (John Rich; possibly Francesca Cuzzoni; Francesco Bernardi ('Senesino'); probably Eliza Haywood (née Fowler))

published by Robert Hulton
etching, circa 1731
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.19

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

by William Hoare
oil on canvas, 1733
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L245

Robert Clive, Mir Muhammad Dja'far Khan and his son Mir Miran (Sadiq Ali Khan Bahadur), with a number of British and Mughal attendants, after the Battle of Plassey, 1757

by Francis Hayman
oil on canvas, circa 1760
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5263

Mai (Omai), Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander

by William Parry
oil on canvas, circa 1775-1776
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6652

Mai (Omai)

by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1776
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7153

Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh

by Ozias Humphry
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1786
On display in Room 5 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7126

Ignatius Sancho

by Unknown artist, after Thomas Gainsborough
gouache (body colour) or watercolour on ivory, circa 1802-1820
On display in Room 5 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7063

Tom Molineaux

by Unknown artist
Staffordshire portrait figure, circa 1810-1815
On display in Room 13 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5813

Tom Molineaux

by John Young, after Thomas Douglas Guest
mezzotint, circa 1810
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.A3.07

Tom Molineaux

probably published by George Smeeton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1812-1813
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.A3.06

Bill Richmond

probably published by George Smeeton
hand-coloured etching, circa 1812-1813
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.A3.08

Lord Byron's Decoupage Screen

by Henry Charles William Angelo, probably by John Jackson
cut-out prints, oil paint and varnish on paper covered panels, circa 1814
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269

Ira Aldridge

after James Northcote
oil on canvas, circa 1826
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L251

Jem Wharton

by William Daniels
oil on canvas, 1839
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L259

The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840

by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1841
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 599

The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari

by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1857
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6202

The Relief of Lucknow, 1857

by Thomas Jones Barker
oil on canvas, 1859
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5851

'The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor)

by Thomas Jones Barker
oil on canvas, circa 1862-1863
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4969

Mary Seacole

by Albert Charles Challen
oil on panel, 1869
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6856

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

by Walter Wallis
oil on canvas, 1881
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5724

Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner

by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, 1919
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4188

Rabindranath Tagore

by William Fearon Halliday
sepia toned gelatin silver print, 1920s
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P992

Statesmen of World War I

by Sir James Guthrie
oil on canvas, 1924-1930
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2463

Harold Moody

by Ronald Moody
bronze head, 1997, based on a work of 1946
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6380

Jawaharlal Nehru

by Jacob Epstein
bronze bust, 1948
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6905

George Lamming

by BHG Sampson
oil on board, 1952
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L281

'Heads'

by Peter Gidal
16mm silent, black and white film, 1969
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6827

Learie Constantine

by Karin Jonzen
bronze bust, 1971
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6015

Pandit Ram Gopal

by Feliks Topolski
watercolour, gouache and silkscreen on paper, circa 1972
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6812

Everlyn Nicodemus ('Självporträtt, Åkersberga' [Self-portrait, Akersberga])

by Everlyn Nicodemus
oil on canvas, 1982
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7130

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro

by The Douglas Brothers
lith print, November 1989
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P2009

Chris Ofili

by Chris Ofili
oil on canvas, 1991
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6835

Salman Rushdie ('The Moor')

by Bhupen Khakhar
oil on linen, 1995
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6352

Nelson Mandela

by Ian Homer Walters
bronze bust, 2008, based on a work of 2001
On display in the Entrance Hall on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6868

Bill Morris

by John Keane
oil on inkjet printed cotton mounted on canvas, 2005
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6721

Johnson Gideon Beharry

by Emma Wesley
acrylic on panel, 2006
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6803

Willard White

by Ishbel Myerscough
oil on canvas, 2009
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6886