The Gallery is closed on 24, 25 and 26 December.

Photographer Zoë Law’s Legends series celebrates over one hundred individuals from the worlds of art, fashion, business and entertainment. From World Cup-winning footballer, Sir Bobby Charlton, to the ...

Field-Marshal. His early career was distinguished by service as a commander in Flanders and Spain during the War of Spanish Succession. From 1726, he built a series of military roads in Scotland, ...

Tickets go on sale two weeks before the tour date. Step inside the Gallery before the crowds and follow our experienced guide on an intimate journey to uncover the hidden history behind some of the ...

Danny La Rue was born Daniel Patrick Carroll in Cork, Ireland, the fifth of six children. His father died when he was two and his mother brought the family to London seven years later. He first donned ...

What makes an individual truly great? For Mo Mowlam, Winston Churchil was 'an inspiration'. For Michael Portillo, Elizabeth I had 'extraordinary political gifts'. Find out what the public's choice of ...

Painter, writer, photographer and political activist Caroline Coon founded the Civil rights organisation Release in the 1960s and in the 1970s documented emergence of anti-Hippie punk scene including ...

Ida Kar was born Ida Karamian to Armenian parents in Tambov, Russia, on 8 April 1908. She was educated at the prestigious Lycée Français, Alexandria, Egypt before travelling to Paris where, with ...

Vivienne (Florence Vivienne Entwistle, née Mellish) (1889-1982), Photographer, miniaturist, singer. Artist or producer associated with 214 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait. Following the Soviet and ...

Ojih Odutola is, in Smith’s words, the ‘central light in a thrilling new generation of black artists.’ In her portrait of Smith she has included a range of subtle details. Shapes and shadows evoke ...

We are a living portrait of Britain. Through our Collection we inspire and enrich society, bringing to life the human stories that have shaped and are shaping our ever-changing history. The only way ...

Join us for a lecture led by Carol Jacobi, as she outlines the representation of women throughout Francis Bacon’s portraiture. Bacon’s famous portraits began with an off-hand request to Henrietta ...