Highlights of the National Portrait Gallery

English 1h 20

Discover the real lives and stories inside the world's first portrait gallery. Exploring Britain's historically important and famous people. If you are taking this tour inside the gallery, start in Room 1 on the second floor at the top of the escalator.

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  1. King Henry VII by Unknown Netherlandish artist

    1:40 | room 1

  2. King Henry VII by Hans Holbein

    1:38 | room 1

  3. King Edward VI

    1:44 | room 1

  4. Katherine Parr

    1:50 | room 1

  5. Queen Elizabeth I

    1:43 | room 2

  6. Queen Elizabeth I

    1:49 | room 2

  7. Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait')

    1:47 | not on view

  8. The Somerset House Conference, 1604

    1:36 | room 2

  9. Mary, Queen of Scots

    1:57 | room 2

  10. Sir Henry Unton

    1:31 | room 2

  11. Shakespeare

    2:00 | room 3

  12. John Donne

    1:52 | room 4

  13. The Death of the Earl of Chatham

    1:42 | room 14

  14. The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820

    1:56 | room 17

  15. The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840

    1:56 | room 20

  16. Hannah More

    1:47 | room 20

  17. Horatio Nelson

    1:46 | not on view

  18. Rudyard Kipling

    1:58 | room 28

  19. The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, 1913

    1:46 | room 30

  20. Diana, Princess of Wales

    1:18 | not on view

Featured artworks

King Henry VII

King Henry VIII; King Henry VII

King Edward VI

Katherine Parr

Credits

Produced by Smartify CIC with support from the National Portrait Gallery. Spoken by Eleanor Henderson.