About the National Portrait Gallery
The gallery houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist.The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture.
One of its best-known images is the Chandos portrait, the most famous portrait of William Shakespeare.
Address
National Portrait Gallery,
St Martin's Place,
London,
WC2H 0HE
Admission Charges
Entry is FREE
Link to National Portrait Gallery's website
National Portrait Gallery Map
Nearby Venues
1. National Gallery
2. Canada House Gallery
3. Benjamin Franklin House
4. British Council London
5. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
6. Mall Galleries
7. Household Cavalry Museum
8. Banqueting House
9. London Transport Museum
10. Courtauld Institute of Art
11. Somerset House
12. Churchill War Rooms
13. Museum of Freemasonry
14. Southbank Centre
15. Spencer House
16. Jewel Tower
17. The Photographers' Gallery
18. Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum)
19. Sir John Soane's Museum
20. Twinings Museum
21. The British Museum
22. Florence Nightingale Museum
23. The Building Centre
24. Cartoon Museum
25. Guards Museum
26. Handel House Museum
27. Pollock's Toy Museum
28. Novelty Automation
29. Wiener Library
30. The Queen's Gallery
