The National portrait Gallery is opposite to Trafalgar Square. This is
the largest collection of portraits in the world boasting of 215,000 works from
16th century to present day. Though founded in 1856, many of these portrait
paintings were housed in different places all over London. They were moved to
the present gallery opposite Trafalgar Square at St. Martin Place, in 1896.This
is a joy for any one interested in art for it tells you the history through
art. It has historical portraits from Queen Elizabeth to present day J. K.
Rowling. Here one can see portraits of Kings, Queens, poets, soldiers, artists,
philosophers, scientists and even film stars. As a Historian, I spent more time
in the historical galleries and clicked more pictures here than in the ones
that had portraits of the contemporary periods.
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