Have you ever felt on top of the world? 🌍 Our #PortraitOfTheDay is this iconic image of Queen Elizabeth I standing on a globe, which you can find on Floor 3 in Room 1 of our Gallery. The symbolic theme of this portrait is forgiveness as it was commissioned to commemorate an elaborate performance held in Ditchley, which marked Elizabeth’s forgiveness of her Champion, Sir Henry Lee. 🎨 Queen Elizabeth I (‘The Ditchley portrait’), by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, circa 1592, © National Portrait G

Catherine Opie visits the Gallery before her upcoming exhibition to get inspired. Watch as she finds her favourite moment in this portrait of Queen Victoria in Room 15 on Floor 3 👑 Catherine Opie: To Be Seen is coming soon. Plan your visit via the link in our bio. 🎨 Queen Victoria replica by Sir George Hayter, 1863, based on a work of 1838 © National Portrait Gallery, London | National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery and Spirit Now London are delighted to announce three new acquisitions made through the ‘Spirit Now London Acquisition Prize – Donation to a Museum’ in partnership with Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2025. We are delighted to be the chosen museum for the fourth edition by the ‘Spirit of Giving Committee’, chaired by Marie-Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre in partnership with Frieze. The works entering the Gallery’s Collection are two 1978 photographs of Leonora Carringto

Portraits abound in this free exhibition at National Portrait Gallery | Londonist

Our portrait of Anne Boleyn has been in the news recently 📰 Hear from Charlotte Bolland, our Senior Curator of Research and 16th-Century Collections, as she shares more about the research that underpins the new findings. Family resemblance is our #PortraitOfTheDay theme after all... 🎨 Anne Boleyn by Unknown English artist, late 16th century, © National Portrait Gallery, London | National Portrait Gallery