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WEBOct 11, 2024 · Portrait of a Top Boy. We teamed up with Netflix to mark the final season of Top Boy.Featuring portraits of the iconic cast of characters by 16 established and emerging UK-based artists, this online display, curated by multi-disciplinary artist Ronan McKenzie, celebrates the show’s lasting impact on our cultural industries.
Kings and Queens: a family tree - National Portrait Gallery
WEBFollow the family tree of the Kings and Queens of England, from 871 to the present day. The origins of kingship in England can be traced to the second century BC when Celtic and Belgic tribesmen, emigrated from continental Europe and settled in Britain displacing or absorbing the aboriginal inhabitants. The settlers established a number of ...
Identity through portraiture: the self - National Portrait Gallery
WEBEverlyn Nicodemus is an artist, writer and curator. She has been described as ‘one of the strongest feminist Feminist Having or based on the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men. voices to emerge from eastern Africa in the past 30 years’. Born in Tanzania, Nicodemus moved across Europe before settling in Scotland.
Portraits of Henry VIII - National Portrait Gallery
WEBThe portrait of Henry VIII in a dark tunic with a fur collar (NPG 4690) was painted around 1520 and follows the format of earlier portraits of English kings. The spandrels in the top corners contain the Tudor heraldic emblems of the rose and portcullis and the composition consciously imitates the portraiture of the Burgundian court.
Explore our Collection - National Portrait Gallery
WEBDiscover people and portraits from our extensive Collection. The Gallery is home to the most extensive collection of portraits in the world. Search over 220,000 works, from the 8th century to the present day. Explore:
Queen Elizabeth II - Person - National Portrait Gallery
WEBQueen Elizabeth II. (1926-2022), Reigned 1952-2022. Sitter associated with 974 portraits. Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-serving British monarch in history. Her devotion to the duty and public service was renowned and she ruled through a period of enormous social change and technological transformation. Her coronation in 1953 was the first ...
NPG 5365; King Charles III - National Portrait Gallery
WEBBryan Organ's portrait of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in 1980.The artist's portrait of Lady Diana Spencer (as she was before her marriage) was commissioned the following year as a companion piece, made to mark the couple's engagement. Based on sittings, studies and photographs, both portraits are ...
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother - National Portrait Gallery
WEBQueen of George VI Born in the last year of Queen Victoria's reign. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the Duke of York in 1923. She became Queen Elizabeth when her husband was crowned King George VI in 1937. On the King's death in 1952 she became known as the Queen Mother and her elder daughter became Queen Elizabeth II. She was the first member of the British Royal Family to pass the age of 100.
King George V - Person - National Portrait Gallery
WEBAug 9, 2015 · Reigned 1910-36 As the second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, George V had not expected to ascend to the throne. He enjoyed a long and successful career in the Navy before his accession in 1910. George V was the first monarch of the House of Windsor, a name chosen for the Royal Family during the First World War as a more British alternative to the family’s original Germanic name ...