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	National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ondaatje Wing occupies a slither of land between the two 19th-century buildings of the National Gallery and the NPG and is notable for its immense, two-storey escalator that takes visitors to the earliest part of the collection, the Tudor portraits.
		In addition to its permanent galleries of historical portraits, the National Portrait Gallery exhibits a rapidly changing collection of contemporary work, stages exhibitions of portrait art by individual artists and hosts the annual BP Portrait Prize competition.
		The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in central London which was opened in 1856.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London

	National Portrait Gallery (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in Washington, DC administered by the Smithsonian Institution.
		It was spared from demolition by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1958 and given to the Smithsonian, which renovated the structure and opened the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery there in 1968.
		The National Gallery has been closed for extensive renovations and expansion since January 2000; it will reopen on July 4, 2006.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/National_Portrait_Gallery,_Washington,_DC

	National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Age of Titian exhibition of Venetian Renaissance art
		National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Age of Titian exhibition of Venetian Renaissance art
		National Gallery of Scotland Age of Titian exhibition of Venetian Renaissance art
		The National Gallery of Scotland presents The Age of Titian exhibition showcasing Venetian renaissance art in Scottish art collections.
	www.natgalscot.ac.uk

	National Portrait Gallery - The Open Guide to London
		The National Portrait Gallery is a wonderful museum tucked next to the National Gallery.
		The Portrait Gallery also has a superb web site, with images of much of the collection.
		I'm particularly fond of a portrait of [Queen Elizabeth II] in one of the stairwells.
	london.openguides.org /index.cgi?id=National_Portrait_Gallery

	CNN.com - arts & style - National Portrait Gallery taking 'Portraits of the Presidents' on tour - September 8, 2000
		The National Portrait Gallery plans to launch three more traveling exhibits over the next four years while renovations to the Patent Office Building are being completed.
		National Portrait Gallery taking 'Portraits of the Presidents' on tour
		That portrait was supposed to be used to create a larger painting of the three Allied leaders who attended the 1945 Yalta Conference: Roosevelt, Britain's Winston Churchill and the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/STYLE/arts/09/08/presidential.portraits

	dimensions_in_time - 22/7/2002: National Portrait Gallery
		Well, the acquisition of the portrait of James Cook, painted by John Webber in 1782, was a turning point in the collection development for the National Portrait Gallery.
		There are only four portrait galleries in the world, The National Portrait Gallery (of Australia) is in Canberra and its collection is a blend of historical and contemporary portraits of people who have made an impact on Australia.
		GEORGE NEGUS: Historian Sarah Engledow of the National Portrait Gallery.
	www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s614479.htm

	National Museum of American Art / National Portrait Gallery
		The entrance to the National Portrait Gallery is on G St. The entrance to the National Museum of American Art is on F St. A delightful garden graces the courtyard between the two halves.
		In the National Portrait Gallery, you will find thousands of portraits both old and new and in a variety of styles - from classic to impressionist.
		National Museum of American Art / National Portrait Gallery
	www.downtownmap.com /dc/html/mngaa.html

	The Selective Narrative: A Figurative Tour of the National Portrait Gallery
		To tour the National Portrait Gallery is to tour its version of American history, a drama with glory counterbalanced by despair as seen in the faces of its heroes and the lingering images of those excluded, left outside history's gate.
		The National Portrait Gallery's narrative of American history is a balance between the voices of the powerful and previously powerless, and that narrative is influenced greatly by the practical constraits which any museum must consider.
		The Gallery of Notable Americans fills two halls and roughly fourteen smaller rooms; it is far and away the largest of the Portrait Gallery’s "permanent" exhibitions, and its subdivisions chronologically and thematically tell American history through portraits of its notable citizens.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~MA98/barans/npg/select.htm

	Humbul full record view for -- National portrait gallery
		The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 largely by the efforts of Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875).
		The database currently has details of nearly 34,000 portraits from the Gallery's collections; 11,500 of which are accompanied by images of the art work.
		Lists of portraits currently on display in the gallery are also available from the site.
	www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=2713

	National Portrait Gallery
		The National Portrait Gallery, was founded in 1962 as an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
		Among the highlights is the Presidents' Corridor, an assemblage of portraits of presidents from George Washington to the present.
		The major aim behind the creation of the museum was to assemble a collection of portraits of men and women who have made important contributions to the history and development of the United States.
	sc94.ameslab.gov /TOUR/natport.html

	Scotland: Scottish National Portrait Gallery
		The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is situated in the heart of the New Town at the east end of Queen Street.
		Among the most famous portraits are Mary, Queen of Scots, who stands in brooding isolation; Allan Ramsay's portrait of the philosopher David Hume; Alexander Nasmyth's portrait of Robert Burns, and Sir Henry Raeburn's Sir Walter Scott.In addition to paintings, the Gallery displays sculptures, miniatures, coins, medallions, drawings, watercolours and houses the Scottish National Photography Collection.
		The Gallery pursues an active policy of acquiring and commissioning portraits of celebrated living Scots.
	www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /scotland/Units/575.html

	SORS National Portrait Gallery
		The National Portrait Gallery (NPG), which opened to the public in 1968, is housed in the third oldest monumental government structure in Washington, on the very site that Pierre Charles L'Enfant, in his original plan for the city, had designated for a pantheon to honor the nation's immortals.
		As a national resource center for biography and portraiture, the Gallery offers a wide range of services to the researcher in addition to the special expertise of its curatorial and research staff.
		Services to researchers include the NPG Collections Information System; the NPG Web site (www.npg.si.edu) which features collections, exhibitions, programs, and a Portrait Search menu; and the Catalog of American Portraits, a national portrait archive maintaining images and data for nearly 200,000 portraits in public and private collections.
	www.si.edu /ofg/Units/sorsnpg.htm

	Amazon.ca: Books: The National Portrait Gallery Collection
		The works selected from London's National Portrait Gallery and its four regional "outstations" were chosen for their historic and artistic importance and illustrate the great tradition of British portraiture through five centuries.
		This beautifully illustrated book achieves what a national portrait gallery itself should: it is a survey of the country's history through the individuals who created or acted upon its politics and culture.
		The over 200 portraits selected here by four curators from England's National Portrait Gallery cover an instructive and amusing range, from an oil painting of the lissome young Henry, Prince of Wales (1594-1612) by Robert Peake to a black-and-white photo of sultry, mascara-drenched screen star Vivien Leigh.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0904017907

	National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution :washingtonpost.com
		The National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art are closed for renovations.
		In his original design for the city of Washington, Pierre Charles L'Enfant dreamed of a pantheon in honor of the nation's "immortals." Today a pantheon of sorts, the National Portrait Gallery stands at nearly the same exact spot L'Enfant deemed for his temple.
		The nation's Old Patent Office, in its neoclassic splendor, houses both the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?node=entertainment/profile&id=793021

	PictureAustralia National Portrait Gallery
		The National Portrait Gallery aims to increase the understanding of the Australian people - their identity, history, creativity and culture - through portraiture.
		Howard Arkley's portrait of Nick Cave was one of the last paintings completed by the artist before his death in 1999.
		Commissioning portraits is also an important strategy for building the collection and demonstrating portraiture as a significant aspect of contemporary art.
	www.pictureaustralia.org /npg.html

	National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
		The national portrait gallery is tucked on the side of the National Galery in Trafalgar Square, and is wonderful in itself, however it harbours a wonderful source of free art.
		Directions: The National Portrait Gallery is opposite to the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, to the north of Trafalgar Square.
		Since we came to the National Portrait Gallery first, we went in and went through the "Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter:Portraits of Children's Writers" exhibit which was free (and was quite interesting and worthwhile).
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Greater_London/London-309228/Things_To_Do-London-National_Portrait_Gallery-BR-1.html

	NPG - Fuzzy Prime Ministers of Australia
		Wilson believes that this portrait series has the potential to 'unite the country like no other rugs have before'.
		Simultaneously respectful and irreverent, these images with their cartoon outlines have a child-like quality and appeal, but are clearly identifiable as serious portraits.
		With an earnest desire to address Australia's lack of interest in its political history, Martin Wilson has created 25 hooked wool rugs of our Prime Ministers.
	www.portrait.gov.au /content/exhibit/fuzzy

	SIL Smithsonian Institution Libraries Smithsonian American Art Museum/ National Portrait Gallery Library
		The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) was established in 1962 by an act of Congress.
		When plans were underway for the new National Portrait Gallery in 1964, the NCFA library collections were combined with those for the new Gallery.
		In 1937 the Andrew Mellon gift of art was given to the nation, and the National Gallery of Art became the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA).
	www.sil.si.edu /libraries/aapg-hp.htm

	The Space Visual Arts: Australia's National Portrait Gallery
		The Australian National Portrait Gallery (ANPG), one of only four portrait galleries in the world, shows us that the tradition of portraiture is anything but ‘traditional’.
		In the main galleries the portraits are images of people who have made an impact on our country ranging from politicians to writers, scientists to sporting figures, musicians to doctors.
		Polly Borland’s photographic portrait of Dr Germane Greer at 60 naked on a bed is a great representation of a woman who has touted controversial theories and views throughout her lifetime.
	www.abc.net.au /arts/visual/stories/s649655.htm

	Illustrated Guide to Places to Visit - National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
		The National Portrait Gallery is housed in a magnificent Gothic edifice on Queen Street in the centre of Edinburgh, five minutes walk from Princes Street and Waverley Station.
		The Gallery is open from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday and 12-5pm on Sunday, though there are extended hours during the Edinburgh International Festival at the end of August.
		While the aim of the gallery is to display the men and women who have been significant in Scotland, regardless of who painted them, there are still works by such masters as Van Dyck, Gainsborough and Raeburn.
	www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisitportrait.htm

	Native Americans
		Sequoyah's fame is perpetuated in the name of the genus of California's giant redwoods and in the statue of him placed by the state of Oklahoma in Statuary Hall of the national Capitol.
		After moving to Oklahoma with a western Cherokee in Arkansas, he encouraged the printing of books and a newspaper in Cherokee and became active in the political life of his tribe.
	www.npg.si.edu /col/native

	LRB Peter Campbell : At the National Portrait Gallery
		Cecil Beaton, whose portrait photographs are on show at the National Portrait Gallery until 31 May, instead made images which show the style of his sitters - or at least find a suitable one for them.
		At the National Portrait Gallery there are a number of the scrapbooks into which Beaton stuck prints clipped from contact sheets.
		Peter Campbell : At the National Portrait Gallery
	www.lrb.co.uk /v26/n08/camp01_.html

	National Portrait Gallery -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is located adjacent to the National Gallery, north of Trafalgar Square, in Westminster.
		Great Britain's national collection of European paintings is housed in the National Gallery in London.
		Showcase for this gallery housed in the former national parliament building in Canberra.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9055002

	The National Portrait Gallery, London
		Here are noted some of the pictures and sculpture in the Victorian galleries at the National Portrait Gallery.
		Cope has a self portrait, and notable also are the ugly self portrait by Redgrave and the rather dashing one by William Powell Frith.
		The Pre-Raphaelites are represented by Millais, with portraits of
	www.speel.demon.co.uk /other/npg.htm

	The National Portrait Gallery - Portrait of the Month
		The National Portrait Gallery - Portrait of the Month
		This portrait is set at the Conway's country house in Massachusetts.
		The subject is positioned on the threshold of her living room looking out to the garden and woodlands with, in reality, the living room furnishings behind her.
	www.portrait.gov.au /content/gallery/portmnth/june01/portmnth.htm

	Judi Dench portrait in National Gallery
		The National Portrait Gallery exhibits paintings depicting historic personages of Britain such as Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare as well as modern cultural icons such as Mick Jagger and Princess Diana.
		The portrait of the Oscar-winning actress - who played English Queens Victoria and Elizabeth, novelist Iris Murdoch and James Bond's MI6 boss M - was commissioned by the gallery, according to The Guardian.
		Dench said she was "thrilled and flattered" that the gallery had commissioned the portrait.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?id=2389

	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
		The National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, contains a portrait of James Boswell by the Scottish painter George Willison (painted in Rome, 1765).
		The Portrait Gallery is situated in the heart of the New Town on Queen Street.
		The Portrait Gallery was built in the 1880s largely thanks to private generosity.
	www.artguide.org /uk/AG.pl?Action=1552135M&Axis=936137901T

	The National Portrait Gallery
		The National Portrait Gallery is in Washington, DC and has over 7,000 portraits of the heroes and villans of American history.
		You can also search the majority of portraits in the collection by artist or by the sitter (the person in the portrait).
		There are virtual tours of twent-four past exhibitions with images from the exhibit and notes about the artist and the ways that he or she worked.
	helenrindsberg.web.iglou.com /WesternArt/FAQ00009.htm

	National Portrait Gallery Museum/Galleryt
		National Gallery (distance = 52 m bearing 219°), National Portrait Gallery (distance = 0 m bearing 0°)
	www.juerg.ch /london/museum/NationalPortraitGallery.shtml

	National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ondaatje Wing occupies a slither of land between the two 19th-century buildings of the National Gallery and the NPG and is notable for its immense, two-storey escalator that takes visitors to the earliest part of the collection, the Tudor portraits.
		In addition to its permanent galleries of historical portraits, the National Portrait Gallery exhibits a rapidly changing collection of contemporary work, stages exhibitions of portrait art by individual artists and hosts the annual BP Portrait Prize competition.
		The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in central London which was opened in 1856.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London

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