Join our free monthly Deaf-led BSL tours for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors to take a journey through the Collection and discover stories associated with featured artworks. Led by Alan Murray in ...

The new Labour government begins to act upon the recommendations of the Beveridge Report (1942) by nationalising The Bank of England and Imperial Communications, bringing in a National Insurance Bill, ...

This is one of a pair of portraits (see also NPG 7052) by Iranian-born artist and film-maker Shirin Neshat. Neshat took a series of photographs before selecting two, onto which she has hand inscribed ...

With his wife Mary Martin, Kenneth Martin was a leading figure in the Constructionist movement in Britain. His early figurative work gave way in the 1940s to increasingly abstract paintings and from ...

A selection of portraits from 1485 to 1603, many of which are on display at the Gallery or at Montacute House, our regional partner in Somerset. Portraits below are listed in chronological order.

Marie Stopes, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer of family planning, opens her first clinic in London, offering a free service to married women. While Stopes's forthright and open-minded ...

This case study complements the display 'Painting the Boy King: new research on portraits of Edward VI' shown in Room 2 at the National Portrait Gallery from June to mid December 2008. Edward VI's ...

Sir Henry Thomas (1878-1952), Hispanic scholar and bibliographer; Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum. Sitter associated with 3 portraits.

The Speaker of the House of Commons is an MP, elected by other Members of Parliament to chair debates in the Commons chamber. They have the highest authority in the Commons, determining which member ...

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Emily Masingberd's dedication to creating a space where any woman could come to meet friends, dine, read and debate the issues of the day, in well kept and equipped rooms, was realised in the founding ...

Physicist. Green studied physics at the University of Cambridge and postdoctoral research followed at Princeton, Cambridge, and the University of London. Between 1979 and 1984 Green collaborated with ...