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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022)
9 September 2022
Media
The National Portrait Gallery is deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Throughout her 70-year reign, Her Majesty represented graciousness, humanity and stability during times of enormous social change.
Lovely Lillie and Dirty Bertie
Lust
Royal romps: illicit liaisons
Favourite portraits
General content
National Portrait Gallery staff introduce their favourite portraits from the exhibition.
Shen Jiawei
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Shen Jiawei was born in China. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured in the Great Northern Wilderness, but even as he worked there, he gained recognition as an artist.
Announcing... Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.
30 November 2023
Media
In March 2024, the National Portrait Gallery will launch a major exhibition of the work of Ralph Heimans AM, the Australian artist who’s painted some of the world’s most recognisable people.
In conversation with Colin Davidson
General content
Belfast-based artist, Colin Davidson talks about the fortuitous happenstances that led to him painting a range of famous faces (from Brad Pitt to the Queen, and everyone in between!)
King Edward Terrace
Behind the street name
Visiting the gallery
King Edward Terrace was named in honour of King Edward VII (1841-1910)
Mortality
More about In the flesh
In Western religious art a Pietà, also called a ‘lamentation’, is an image of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Christ.
Honour board
Support your Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges and thanks all its supporters.
Thinking of England
Passion
Truly, madly, deeply
A charming prospect
Nearest & Dearest
Family fortunes
Maritime disaster leaves poignant picture
Devotion
Absence rends the heart asunder
Announcing Shakespeare to Winehouse
24 November 2021
Archived media releases 2021
More than eighty treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London will travel to Canberra for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from March 2022.
2013-14 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
This 1910 portrait of Elizabeth Sarah (Lillie) Roberts by Tom Roberts was brought into the Gallery's collection with the assistance of the Acquisition Fund in 2013.
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
2014-15 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
Kristin Headlam's portrait of Chris Wallace-Crabbe was acquired with the support of the Circle of Friends in 2014.