Naval Officer; born in Malta and entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1879; rose through the ranks, becoming lieutenant in 1890, commander in 1901 and captain in 1905; in May 1916, after sighting two ...

A signing of Joe Lycett's new book, Joe Lycett's Art Hole will be being held in the National Portrait Gallery’s Main Shop ...

At sixteen, Campbell ran away from his home in Scotland and joined a ship heading for the West Indies. He joined the Army and by 1800 had become a brigade major on the island of St Vincent. The ...

Eleanor May Stuart (née Guggenheim), Countess Castle Stewart (1896-1992), Wife of 7th Earl Castle Stewart; daughter of Solomon R. Guggenheim. Sitter in 7 portraits.

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Diana (née Bridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907-1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford. 15 Portraits Hariot (née Alston), Lady Abdy (1819-1877), Wife of Sir ...

Born in London in 1906, Amy was one of the eight children of John and Caroline Barbour-James. The family relocated to London from British Guiana (present-day Guyana) in 1905, while her father worked ...

Seating in the Ondaatje Wing Theatre is tiered. There are staircases on either side of the raked stalls. Both staircases have wall-mounted handrails running the entire length of the stairs. The ...

Katerina Wilczynski was born in Posnan and educated in Berlin. From 1916 she studied at the Leipzig Academy for Graphic Arts, the Berlin School for Arts and Crafts and the Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin ...

Children's authors enchant, educate and endure. From Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and the charming adventures of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, to the spellbinding magic of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K.

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A talk on a chosen portrait in the Gallery's Collection, delivered every day at 11.00 and 14.00 ...