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We are currently providing a print on demand service on over 3,500 of the Gallery’s most popular portraits in collaboration with ArtUK

You can either shop from within the ArtUK shop site or directly through our Current selections listed below. When you select the Buy a Print button you will be taken to your chosen portrait on the ArtUK to purchase the print of your choice.

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William Wordsworth, by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

William Wordsworth
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
1842
NPG 1857

George Eliot, replica by François D'Albert Durade, 1850-1886, based on a work of 1850 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

George Eliot
replica by François D'Albert Durade
1850-1886, based on a work of 1850
NPG 1405

Charles Dickens, by Samuel Laurence, 1838 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Charles Dickens
by Samuel Laurence
1838
NPG 5207

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