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Records of the National Portrait Gallery

Catalogue reference: BY

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Reference

BY

Title
Records of the National Portrait Gallery
Description

Records of the National Portrait Gallery, including:

  • minutes of the Gallery's various committees;
  • Directors' papers;
  • administrative correspondence;
  • object files for the Gallery's Primary Collection of portraits (containing acquisition, conservation, loan and display information);
  • reports and internal memoranda;
  • exhibition records;
  • press cuttings;
  • building records including architectural plans;
  • publicity material.

Held by
National Portrait Gallery
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Access conditions

No records held at The National Archives in this departmental code

Subjects
Topics
Museums and galleries
Administrative / biographical background

The National Portrait Gallery was founded in 1856 with the aim of collecting portraits of 'the most eminent persons in British history'. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C42/

Catalogue hierarchy

59 records

This record is held at National Portrait Gallery

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Records of the National Portrait Gallery