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Portraits included in the 2019 Icons trail linked to the BBC TV series.

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Virginia Woolf, by Vanessa Bell - NPG 5933

Virginia Woolf

by Vanessa Bell
oil on board, 1912
NPG 5933

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, by Reginald Grenville Eves - NPG 2608

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1921
NPG 2608

David Bowie, by Stephen Finer - NPG 6336

David Bowie

by Stephen Finer
oil on canvas, 1994
NPG 6336

Nelson Mandela, by Ian Homer Walters - NPG 6868

Nelson Mandela

by Ian Homer Walters
bronze bust, 2008, based on a work of 2001
NPG 6868

Debbie Jevans; Tanni Grey-Thompson, by Brian Griffin - NPG P1710

Debbie Jevans; Tanni Grey-Thompson

by Brian Griffin
archival pigment print, 27 February 2010
NPG P1710

Emmeline Pankhurst addressing a crowd in Trafalgar Square, by Central Press - NPG x131784

Emmeline Pankhurst addressing a crowd in Trafalgar Square

by Central Press
bromide press print, October 1908
NPG x131784

Alan Turing, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x27078

Alan Turing

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 29 March 1951
NPG x27078