Join us on Friday 30th July for a late night opening visit to the The National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square.

About the National Portrait Gallery
The gallery was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856. It houses 9000 portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist. The collection ranges from the 16th century to the present day.

The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture. One of its best-known images is the Chandos portrait, the most famous portrait of William Shakespeare, although there is some uncertainty as to if the painting actually is of the playwright.

There are self-portraits by William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds and other British artists of note. Often the curiosity value is greater than the artistic worth of a work, as in the case of Patrick Branwell Brontë's painting of his sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne, or a sculpture of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in medieval costume.

The gallery is free to visit.

We will be meeting up at 6pm at Embankment tube station, lookout for the 'Cultureseekers' sign.

Afterwards we will meet in the gallery cafe and then maybe head to a local bar for a chat over a drink.

If you can't see us at the station, please call.

Hope to see you there.

Regards

Robert
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