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National Portrait Gallery
2
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H 0HE
+44 (0)20 7306 0055
Founded
in 1856 to collect the likeness' of famous British men and
women, the National Portrait Gallery keeps a unique record
of the men and women who create the history and culture of
the nation. There are nearly ten thousand works in the gallery's
collection, including oil paintings, sculptures, drawings,
caricatures, watercolours, silhouettes, photographs and miniatures.
Today the collection is the most comprehensive of its kind
in the world.
Cost:
Free entrance/exhibition charges
Irving Penn Portraits - 18/02/10 to 06/06/10.
Get
free entry into paid exhibitions at this attraction with the
LondonPass
Nearest Tube:
Charing Cross
/ Leicester Square
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