The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London, England, housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856.[2] The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square, and adjoining the National Gallery. It has been expanded twice since then. The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) also has various satellite outstations located elsewhere in the UK, mostly for aristocratic portraits. It is unconnected to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, with which its remit overlaps. The gallery is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Highlights include holbiens drawing of henry VII and his young son henry VIII, a life like portrait of queen elizabeth 1 in procade and pearls it also includes portraits of hogarth, gainsborough, and reynolds. More recently subjects include Martin Amis, David beckham and Tony Blair.
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