The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery lo...

The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery located in London, England. It was opened to the public in 1856. It houses photographs, caricatures, paintings, drawings and sculptures by famous people, for example the writer J.K.Rowling

Often overlooked in favor of the National Gallery, next door, this fascinating museum tells British development through portraits. There are pictures of kings, queens, poets, musicians, artists, thinkers, heroes and villains from all periods since the end of the 14th century.