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Review 2010/11/12

Contents

Introduction from the Director

Extending and Broadening Audiences

Developing the Collection

Increasing Understanding of

Portraiture and the Collection

Maximising Financial Resources

Developing Staff

Improving Services

Acquisitions

Exhibitions and Displays

Financial Review

Supporters

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Review 2010/11/12

Inside front cover

BP Portrait Award: Next

Generation participant

Inside back cover

Visitors in The Regency in

the Weldon Galleries

Photo: Claire Clutterbuck

Introduction from the Director

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Board of Trustees1 April 2010 to 31 March 2012

Professor Sir David Cannadine, FBA, FRSLChairman

Zeinab Badawi

Ms C. Allegra BermanChair of the Investment Committee

(from August 2010)

Professor Dame Carol Black DBE

Sir Nicholas Blake

Dr Rosalind Blakesley

Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford

The Rt Hon. Nick Clegg MP (ex-officio)Lord President of the Council

(from 11 May 2010)

The Marchioness of Douro OBE DL

Kim Evans OBE(from October 2010)

Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett DBEDeputy Chairman and Chair of the

Development Board (until June 2011)

Sir Nicholas Grimshaw CBE (ex-officio)President of the Royal Academy of

Arts (until 8 December 2011)

Christopher Le Brun (ex-officio)President of the Royal Academy of

Arts (from 8 December 2011)

The Rt Hon. The Lord Janvrin GCB GCVO QSO

David Mach RA(until August 2010)

The Rt Hon. The Lord Mandelson (ex-officio)Lord President of the Council

(until 10 May 2010)

Mary McCartney(from February 2011)

Sir William Proby Bt CBE DLDeputy Chairman from June 2011

David RossChair of the Audit and Compliance

Committee

Professor Sara Selwood(until May 2010)

Marina Warner CBE FBA

The special summer of 2012 – the year of the Diamond Jubilee

and Olympic and Paralympic Games – is an appropriate time

to review the past two years. While mindful of the country’s

unsettled economic circumstances, the Gallery has focused

on its central ambition to celebrate achievement and promote

a wider interest in portraiture – both at the Gallery and beyond.

Two million annual visits is a significant marker for so much that

has been accomplished. The outstanding Lucian Freud Portraits,

the ever-growing numbers attending the BP Portrait Award and

the success of the Road to 2012 project with BT, through to

historical exhibitions, smaller displays and interventions around

the Gallery, demonstrate the inventiveness of the public

programme, as also evident in our research, learning, outreach,

national, digital and communication work. At the heart of all

activity is the Collection, and this period has seen many wonderful

acquisitions ranging from portraits of Anne of Denmark and

Anna Wintour to loans of Catherine of Aragon and Ayuba

Suleiman Diallo. New commissioned portraits are also to be

celebrated, including those of The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh

by Thomas Struth and Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie.

During the period we welcomed Allegra Berman, Kim Evans

and Mary McCartney as new Trustees, while being immensely

grateful to our ex-officio Trustees and also to retiring Trustees

Amelia Fawcett, Deputy Chair and first Chair of the Investment

Committee, Sara Selwood and David Mach for their excellent

contributions.

My thanks go to all those – Trustees, Development Council

individual donors, benefactors, sponsors, corporate partners,

trusts and foundations and volunteers – who contribute

so much to the Gallery’s work. I am also very grateful to all of

my colleagues, whose knowledge and enthusiasm are central

to the Gallery’s success and especially to Jacob Simon who

completed his period as Chief Curator in September 2011.

Opposite: HRH The Duchess of

Cambridge with Sandy Nairne, Director

Photo: Natalia Calvocoressi

‘I am delighted that the Gallery

has achieved so much in these

past two years, in every aspect of

its work – and I greatly welcome

HRH The Duchess of Cambridge

joining us as the Gallery’s Patron.’

Professor Sir David Cannadine, Chairman, Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery

Over the past two years the Gallery has continued to attract

new audiences, through communications, exhibitions and

displays, learning programmes, targeted outreach activities

and increased access to the Collection through our partnerships

across the UK.

The Gallery attracted 1.76 million visits in 2010/11 and 2.05

million in 2011/12, this was the best annual visitor figure in

our history and the first time we have received over two million

visits. The BP Portrait Award in both 2010 and 2011 attracted,

on average, over 3,000 visitors a day – in 2011 341,000 visitors

saw the exhibition, making it the most popular we have ever

displayed. The Indian Portrait was a great success, receiving

over 139,000 visitors, 82% over the expected visitor figure and

Glamour of the Gods attracted over 87,000 visitors, 60% above

target.

Research results indicate that the Gallery continues to attract

new and diverse audiences; since March 2010, 51% of visitors

were first time attenders and 12% were from Black, Asian and

minority ethnic (BAME) groups. Enjoyment and satisfaction

levels remain high, with 97% rating their visit ‘good’ or

‘excellent’. 92% of visitors said that they would be likely to

return in the future and 97% said that they would recommend

a visit to the Gallery.

Marketing The ‘Take another look’ marketing campaign won a series of

accolades including a silver award at the DBA Design Awards

2011. Effective audience development was undertaken for

The Indian Portrait and 24% of visitors to the exhibition

were from BAME groups. Thursday and Friday nights were

re-launched, with FTI Consulting’s support, as Late Shift in

May 2010 and the accompanying marketing campaign has

encouraged a new, young audience. 74% of visitors were aware

of the Late Shift brand in 2011, a 20% year on year increase.

Extending and Broadening Audiences

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Opposite:

The Dance Union project, July 2011

Photograph: Othello de Souza-Hartley

Director Sandy Nairne greets

the Gallery’s two-millionth visitor

in March 2011

Young People The Gallery’s Youth Forum continues to play an active role in

shaping the programme and events have included visitor talks

led by young people around the Taylor Wessing Photographic

Portrait Prize. Year one of the three-year Domino Effect NEET

(Not in Education, Employment or Training) project funded by

the Dorset Foundation worked with participants from Fairbridge

and Kids Company. After a photographic course each participant

created a workbook and portrait and seventeen of the young

people completed an Arts Council Arts Award qualification.

Schools and Colleges 78,398 taught and self-directed learners used the Gallery

during the period, with a further 6,230 taught off-site. The

Learning team have continued to deliver high-quality taught

sessions including ‘Freud in Focus’ talks and a Continuing

Professional Development programme for teachers. The BP

Portrait Award: Next Generation project, part of the Gallery’s

Cultural Olympiad programme, featured summer schools for

young people run by BP Portrait Award artists. Engagement

through the Next Generation website continues, 250 portraits

have been shared by young people through the Flickr ‘Your

Portraits’ gallery and the artists’ films have received 12,685

views on YouTube.

OutreachTargeted community and outreach work continues to be

over-subscribed and has included working with diverse

audiences such as basic skills groups, looked-after young

people, hospital schools and deaf and visually impaired

students. Undergraduates from the University of East London

have developed a series of documentary portraits on life in

the Olympic host boroughs in the lead up to summer 2012.

Each week they have worked with a different professional

photographer to develop their ideas and practice. This material

will be published on the National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to

2012 project website.

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Portrait by participant in the

Kids Company NEET Project

photographic course, July 2011

Secondary school students visiting

the BP Portrait Award 2011

PressCampaigns for a range of Gallery activities resulted in

widespread media coverage. Making Art in Tudor Britain and

the Scharf archive project received extensive features in

the popular press and the Gallery was featured in several

documentaries including The Genius of British Art. The BP

Portrait Award 2011 winners’ ceremony was broadcast live from

the Gallery for the first time on Channel 4 News. Lucian Freud

Portraits, The Queen: Art & Image tour and the announcement

that the Duchess of Cambridge had become Gallery Patron all

received extensive national and international coverage.

Interpretation The Gallery’s smartphone apps have been available since

January 2011. Often repurposing material made for the Gallery

audio guide, these offer videos, trails, audio commentaries and

information about the Collection with specialised versions in

British Sign Language and Japanese. The Lucian Freud Portraits

audio guide was also made available globally in this way.

FamiliesIllustrators Tim Hopgood and Jason Chapman created

characters for the BP Portrait Award family labels and trail

in 2010 and 2011. This annual feature is now a high-profile

commission for children’s illustrators and forms an important

part of our family-friendly provision each summer. A new visual

identity for the family programme was created and has been

introduced successfully across signage and materials. During

the coming year, there will be additional self-directed resources,

interpretation and a staffed pick-up point for families.

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Family art workshop

Photo: Claire Clutterbuck

The Gallery’s smartphone App

National ProgrammeThe partnership exhibition, Writers of Influence, curated by

young people, included the first British tour of the Chandos

portrait of William Shakespeare and attracted over 85,000

visitors in venues in Sheffield, Sunderland, Plymouth and

Southampton. A new web resource aimed at young people

(www.npg.org.uk/creativecareers) drew on content from the

partnership project. Explorers was a region-wide exhibition in

the North East created in partnership with Tyne & Wear

Museums’ Renaissance Programme. Over 100,000 visitors saw

portraits at nine different museums and galleries across the

region. For many of these museums it was the first time they

had borrowed from a national collection. Small displays on

Charles I and Mary Queen of Scots were shown at Lyme Park

over the two-year period and were seen by over 190,000 visitors.

An active programme of events for the Understanding British

Portraits network saw participants from museums, galleries and

country houses attending a range of seminars and workshops

including private visits to musical and theatrical collections in

London and a seminar on Modern British Portraits in Leeds.

Shared learning programmes, exhibitions and ‘in focus’ loans

took place at all three of the Gallery’s country house partners.

At Beningbrough Hall Natural Arts: Great Landscape

Designers of the 18th Century paired contemporary landscape

photography with portraits of eighteenth-century garden

designers to celebrate their work and explore their living

legacies. Long term partnerships with Bodelwyddan Castle and

the National Trust at Montacute House and Beningbrough Hall

jointly saw 628,317 visits over the period. The Gallery made 924

short-term loans to 143 venues and 683 long-term loans to 63

venues. For a list of touring exhibitions see page 43-44.

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William Shakespeare

attributed to John Taylor, c.1610

Poster for the Explorers

exhibition created in partnership

with Tyne & Wear Museums’

Renaissance Programme

Participation Projects Year two and three of Chasing Mirrors, a three-year community

project funded by John Lyon’s Charity, attracted over 77,000

visitors. The displays explored the representation of self and

were produced by young Arabic speaking people from West

London in collaboration with lead artists Alinah Azadeh, a

British-Iranian textile artist and British-Iraqi abstract painter

Athier Mousawi. Linked programmes for schools in West

London proved a very effective way of reaching new students

and building a strong sense of community ownership.

Adult Programme A programme of events including an academic conference

linked to the First Actresses exhibition and regular daytime

talks and lectures, were extremely well attended during the

period. Audience development continues to inform aspects of

the programme and practice. The Learning team worked in

partnership with external organisations and guest curators to

produce programmes associated with Chasing Mirrors and LGBT

(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) histories, which

have been successful in sustaining visitor diversity.

Late Shift Thursday and Friday evening opening has been greatly

enhanced by sponsorship from FTI Consulting and the new

Late Shift programme has placed the Gallery firmly on the map

of evening cultural activities in London with a programme of

talks, workshops, DJs sets and the Friday Evening Music Series.

Highlights included Late Shift Extra: Snapped, a collaboration

with All Walks Beyond the Catwalk founders Caryn Franklin,

Debra Bourne and Erin O’Connor, to tie in with London Fashion

Week in February 2011, Re-Animate, curated by Martyn Ware

in response to the Road to 2012: Changing Pace exhibition and

Glamour Factory, created in partnership with Contemporary

Vintage and inspired by Glamour of the Gods, which attracted

over 4,500 people.

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Chasing Mirrors display,

Studio Gallery, October 2010 –

January 2011

Make-up session at the Late Shift

Extra: Glamour Factory event,

October 2011

AcquisitionsOne of the most significant acquisitions of the past two

years was a full-length portrait of Anne of Denmark, consort

of James I, by John De Critz. Anne was an important patron

of the theatre, literature and visual arts with her own court.

We were also able to add an unusual and important

acquisition to the Collection thanks to the government’s

acceptance-in-lieu procedures. Daniel Gardner’s large pastel

and gouache of 1775, The Three Witches from Macbeth

depicts three of the most notorious women of the late

eighteenth century, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of

Devonshire, Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne and

Anne Seymour Damer.

Important twentieth-century acquisitions during the period

incuded Jacob Epstein’s bronze bust of Nehru, first Prime

Minister of India; Derek Hill’s portrait of former Prime Minister

Sir Edward Heath; and a remarkable portrait of the celebrated

wartime spy, Odette Hallowes by Pietro Annigoni. A key

contemporary portrait purchased in 2011, is a powerful painting

of the playwright and theatre and television director Mike Leigh

by Stuart Pearson Wright.

The Gallery has made a number of notable photographic

acquisitions, many arising from the Beatles to Bowie exhibition,

including the work of Don McCullin and Norman Parkinson.

Mario Testino’s Prince Charles with Princes William and Harry

was given by the photographer and has been much admired.

Vintage photographs by E.O. Hoppé from the 1910s and

1920s have been acquired from his grandson. Three classic

photographs by Herbert Ponting of members of the British

Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, were purchased from New

York dealers. Other notable photographs purchased include

Aldous Huxley and T.S. Eliot, both by George Platt Lynes and

Samuel Beckett by the French-Hungarian photographer Brassaï

(Gyula Halász). We also secured several important long-term

loans including portraits of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, Catherine

of Aragon, Nell Gwyn and the entrepreneur and chemist Jesse

Boot, founder of Boots the chemist.

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Opposite:

Journalist and Trustee Zeinab

Badawi with the portrait of

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

Photo: Jorge Herrera

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo

(Job ben Solomon)

by William Hoare, 1733

Property of Qatar Museums

Authority/Orientalist Museum,

Doha, OM.762

Sir Edward Heath

by (Arthur) Derek Hill, 1972

© Derek Hill Foundation

The Heinz Archive and LibraryThe Reference Collection benefited from a number of gifts.

An album of Wageman prints was donated by Mr and Mrs

Meech and a set of lantern slides of caricatures by Francis

Carruthers Gould was given by Keith Wilson. Kenneth Bowling

donated a satire ‘The Coalition of the Bilboes’ and Andrew

Edmunds gave an engraving of the Peterloo Massacre. A self-

portrait etching by James McBey was presented by Rupert Youle

and Christine Hayes donated material relating to artist Enid

Stoddard. An ‘Emmwood’ cartoon of Sir Charles Evans and Lord

Hunt was purchased with help from the Elizabeth Weisz Fund.

Collections Care and Collections ManagementThe focus has been on the improvement of storage conditions

both on and off site with a major project to plan and prepare

the Collection for a move from existing off-site storage to the

shared Tate Store at Southwark. Conservation condition surveys

were undertaken to ensure safe transportation before the move.

This project has made the Collection more accessible, allowed

for expansion of the Primary Collection over the next ten years

and located works on one site rather than two.

Major conservation projects have included portraits of John

Donne, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Colley Cibber and The Three

Witches from Macbeth, which was fitted with a bespoke

climate buffering system.

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Fifteen silhouette figures

after Sir Francis Carruthers Gould,

c.1892–1895

The Gallery’s new storage racks

in The Tate Store at Southwark

Commissions

An exciting series of commissions has been completed

including Diarmuid Kelley’s study of the former Chief

Inspector of Prisons, Dame Anne Owers and David Cobley’s

portrait of Nobel prize-winning scientist Sir Martin Evans.

Jonathan Yeo painted the broadcaster, Sir Michael Parkinson

and Julian Opie constructed a heroic portrait of the industrial

designer Sir James Dyson. Gillian Wearing photographed the

lawyer and human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti

holding a wax mask: a reference to the sitter’s self-proclaimed

‘worthy’ public persona. Thomas Struth’s magisterial

photographic portrait of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh,

taken in April 2011, was commissioned to mark the Queen’s

Diamond Jubilee and the Duke’s ninetieth birthday. As part

of the Road to 2012 project, created in partnership with BT,

the Gallery has commissioned over 100 photographic

portraits of men and women who are both training for and

working on the preparations for the London 2012 Olympic

and Paralympic Games.

The Photographs CollectionLord Jonathan Hope donated an image of his grandfather

Somerset Maugham by Carl Van Vechten. Mike Berkofsky

donated a rare colour photograph of Jimi Hendrix and an

important image of Sandy Denny by David Bailey was given

by the sitter’s estate. Other important gifts include three

photographs by 1960s photographer Eric Swayne given by his

son Tom Swayne. A portfolio of prints by master photographers

of Jimmy Page was given by the subject, with further gifts by

John Swannell included in a display: Then and Now. Purchases

include a group of sixteen subjects from the 1960s by Peter

Rand, and other significant groups were acquired from Jason

Bell, Sandra Lousada, Neil Libbert, Brian Shuel and Denis Waugh.

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Shami Chakrabarti

by Gillian Wearing, 2011

Commission supported by

J.P. Morgan through the

Fund for New Commissions

Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers

(née Spark)

by Diarmuid Kelley, 2010

Commissioned by the National

Portrait Gallery with the support

of J.P. Morgan through the Fund

for New Commissions

The diversity of the Gallery’s innovative programme continued

to reflect our remit to reach the widest possible audience

and generate interest in portraiture both nationally and

internationally. The range of displays, depth of research,

increased digital activity, ongoing cataloguing and breadth of

the publishing programme have all promoted portraiture and

the Collection. Exhibitions have highlighted the work of lesser

known photographers, key figures in British art and thematic and

ground-breaking subjects.

Our mission to increase the understanding of portraiture has

created new partnerships and strengthened existing ones,

including working with the Jeu de Paume, Paris, the Yale

Center for British Art, New Haven, Curatorial Assistance,

Pasadena, and the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, all in

relation to the exhibition programme. Partnerships online

have included projects with the BBC and the Public Catalogue

Foundation.

Exhibition Highlights Camille Silvy, Photographer of Modern Life, 1834–1910,

Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street and Ida Kar:

Bohemian Photographer all aimed to increase interest in

important but neglected photographers. Thomas Lawrence:

Regency Power and Brilliance and The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn

to Sarah Siddons both focused on eighteenth-century painting

and were well received critically. Both the BP Portrait Award and

the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize have continued

to achieve high visitor figures and an increased number of

submissions from international entrants. Lucian Freud Portraits

opened in February 2012 and has attracted large audiences and

been widely and critically acclaimed.

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Opposite:

The Lucian Freud Portraits

exhibition, February – May 2012

The entrance to Ida Kar:

Bohemian Photographer ,

March – June 2011

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Research ProgrammesThe period saw the publication on the website of the art and

architecture tranche of the Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue

consisting of 145 individual sitter entries including major figures

such as William Morris and John Ruskin. The Making Art in Tudor

Britain project was successful in gaining funding from the Esmée

Fairbairn Trust, the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.

This funding supported technical analysis on fifty paintings, two

new posts, collaboration with the University of Sussex and the

Courtauld Institute of Art and two PhD studentships. For the

results of these projects and full details of research by members

of staff see www.npg.org.uk/research.

Cataloguing the Collection4,331 prints, mainly from the Large Portfolio collection, were

catalogued in the Archive and Library during the period. This

work was carried out alongside the scanning of the extra-

illustrated set of the Rev. James Granger’s A Biographical

History of England. 11,871 photographs and negatives were

catalogued, with a special focus on Camille Silvy and nineteenth-

century carte photographers. From the twentieth century, work

has begun on completing the cataloguing of the Bassano studio

half-plate negative collection covering 1925–1940. Over a

thousand acquisitions have been catalogued including work by

John Swannell, Denis Waugh, Rollie McKenna, Antony Barrington

Brown and the Patrick O’Connor Music Hall collection bequest.

Publishing

The success of the Lucian Freud Portraits catalogue and Lucian

Freud: Painting People helped to bring Freud’s portraiture to a

wide public. International editions of these titles, plus Camille

Silvy and Hoppé Portraits, have expanded our partnerships world-

wide. The BP Portrait Award 500 Portraits compendium was a

best-seller, and Imagined Lives, written by eight high-profile

authors, brought the Collection to new audiences. Twiggy: A Life

in Photographs won a British Design and Production Award, and

Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer was nominated. A Guide to

Victorian and Edwardian Portraits, published with the National

Trust, added to our Collection-based titles. The non-book range

was extended to include new greetings cards and postcard books.

Paul Cox, Associate Curator, in

The Heinz Archive and Library

The BP Portrait Award 500

Portraits cover

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Gallery DisplaysGallery displays are designed to show the strengths of our

collections and over the past two years several anniversaries

have been celebrated including those related to the Royal

Society, Florence Nightingale, Gilbert & Sullivan, Charles Dickens

and Scott’s Polar expedition. Imagined Lives transferred from

one of our regional partnerships, Montacute House in Somerset,

and featured portraits of unknown sitters. Twentieth-century

and contemporary displays included Bridget Riley Portraits,

Tony Bevan Self-Portraits, Alex Katz Portraits, Michael Landy:

Art World Portraits and Richard Hamilton: Portraits of the Artist.

Photography displays included the work of Jason Bell, Venetia

Dearden, Dmitri Kasterine, Mary McCartney, Lewis Morley and

Sandra Lousada. A full listing of Exhibitions and Displays is

available on page 43–45.

Digital ProgrammesNew online search and filter developments have enhanced

visitor access to 175,000 Collection records including nearly

100,000 illustrated portraits. Larger imagery is being introduced

for academic licences and the Gallery’s presence on the BBC

Your Paintings website. A social media-enabled microsite

template was developed and has been used for the BP Portrait

Award: Next Generation, Late Shift and temporary exhibitions,

and a new Gallery blog will be launched in 2012. Improvements

to the shop and Membership facilities on the website have

helped to attain record online sales figures.

Services for visitors and staff have been enhanced with a

series of system improvements including major upgrades

to the Camille Silvy interactive at Bodelwyddan Castle and

the FileMaker database software, a new web server and an

augmented research, sort and display tool for Mimsy, the

collections database. The BP Portrait Award 2011 Visitor

Choice interactive saw a record 28,000 visitors cast a vote

for their favourite painting. An in-house photographic studio

is under construction and new camera equipment has

enabled the Digital Programmes team to undertake Collection

photography and develop time-lapse stills sequences and

panoramic virtual tours.

Alex Katz display,

May – September 2010

The Portrait Explorer in the IT Gallery

The last two years have been challenging but during that time

the Gallery has achieved internal financial targets and audience

development objectives, as well as attaining good results

across the range of performance indicators agreed with the

Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The Gallery had to

adjust to the more difficult funding climate following the

2010 Comprehensive Spending Review, which resulted in a

15% real cut in resource grant-in-aid over the four financial

years up to 2014/15. However, notwithstanding these

constraints and the economic climate, the Gallery achieved

better results than expected in both years. Indeed, 2011/12

was its most successful year in terms of visitor numbers, and

with the success of Lucian Freud Portraits, the Gallery gained

a surplus at the year end when it had originally budgeted for a

deficit on its operations of over £300,000.

In the current climate it has been a demanding, but

nonetheless successful period for the Development team.

Corporate Partnership was a vulnerable area in 2010 but

2011 saw an uplift in renewals and new members. A number

of new sponsors and trusts have joined our long-term

supporters and our individual donors continue to enjoy their

association with the Gallery, with the retention rates at all

levels remaining high.

Corporate SupportersThe Gallery enjoyed the continued support of BP for the

Portrait Award and Next Generation as part of the Cultural

Olympiad, and Taylor Wessing for the Photographic Portrait

Prize. BT’s support for the Road to 2012 project continued, with

two displays of Olympic and Paralympic portraits in 2010 and

2011. The Gallery launched Late Shift with investment from FTI

Consulting for Thursday and Friday evening events and activities.

Previous partners Bank of America Merrill Lynch returned to

sponsor Lucian Freud Portraits and the Gallery welcomed

continued support from Herbert Smith for the Spring Season and

in 2011entered into a new project, with long-term supporters,

J.P. Morgan with the Signature Series partnership. The Corporate

Membership offer was restructured, resulting in several new

members including PwC and UBS as Premier Partners.

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Opposite:

The Main Shop refurbishment

Danny Boyle at the launch of

National Portrait Gallery/BT Road

to 2012: Changing Pace in July 2011

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revenue streams with income from other sources, and the

Board of Directors will continue to develop these alternative

lines in 2012/13/14.

Venue HireVenue hire improved significantly in 2011/12 following a

challenging year in 2010/11. A number of new clients hired

Gallery spaces, including Swiss RE, Estée Lauder and Clifford

Chance. New and existing Corporate Partners and sponsors also

held events at the Gallery, including two successful events for

UBS. Repeat private hire bookings were made by Unigestion,

IBM, Mott MacDonald, Duncan Lawrie and Curzon Partnership.

Retail A partial refurbishment of the Main Shop and Bookshop and

the re-launch of both the print-on-demand service and online

shop were the main business drivers in 2010/11. Difficult trading

conditions on the high street were reflected in the Gallery’s

shops, except during exhibitions such as the annual BP Portrait

Award, Thomas Lawrence, Glamour of the Gods and Lucian

Freud Portraits. The latter has been our most commercially

successful exhibition, with the publications accompanying each

of these shows contributing significant profits. In 2011/12 the

online shop exceeded sales of £100,000 for the first time and

ongoing reviews of buying processes and stock management

should continue to help increase customer spend both onsite

and online.

Rights and ImagesFollowing a review in 2009/10, the Rights & Images team

streamlined operations, reduced costs, improved access for

academic and non-commercial use of images and focused on

revenue generation, delivering a real increase in sales despite

a difficult and evolving market, and improving margins from

13% to 29% in 2010/11 and 33% in 2011/12. The team

has also led collaboration towards operational standards

across the sector.

The Lerner Galleries lit for an

evening event

© MPP Image Creation

The print-on-demand service in

the Main Shop

Individual Support The support of Life Patrons and Patrons continues to be

invaluable and the group enjoyed a wide programme of events,

including a successful visit to Stockholm in May 2011. The level

of support from Associates was steady throughout both years

and a number of initiatives were undertaken to grow this level of

Membership. Thanks to the popularity of Lucian Freud Portraits

the number of Members increased from 6,300 to a record

10,000 and the retention rate remains at 70%.

Development Board and Board of American FriendsThe Development Board drew to a close in March 2011, and the

Director and Pim Baxter and her team were extremely grateful

for the support of members of the Board over a ten-year period.

The new Development Council was in place by May 2011 and

is already providing invaluable help towards strengthening

income generation. The Board of American Friends continues

to be very supportive and a number of grants have been made

to the Gallery over the period of this Review. The President of

the Board, David Alexander, who sadly died in July 2010, led the

Board with great wisdom and enthusiasm for the Gallery.

Charitable Trusts and FoundationsCharitable Trusts and Foundations continue to make a significant

contribution to many aspects of the Gallery’s work. Thanks to the

Garfield Weston Foundation, the storage of works on paper and

photographs will be transformed over the coming months. Both

the John Ellerman Foundation and the Foyle Foundation have

provided welcome support for the National Programmes team.

Trading CompanyThe Gallery’s subsidiary trading company, the National Portrait

Gallery Company Ltd, earned profits of £756,167 in 2011/12

(£405,860 in 2010/11), which it will Gift Aid to the Gallery. The

Company’s business includes retail, venue hire and the catering

franchise. The profit earned in 2011/12 increased by 89% year

on year, and was the highest the Company has achieved since it

began trading in 2007. This was a result of good performances

in all business lines assisted by the success of Lucian Freud

Portraits. The Company was able to augment its three primary

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Associate Curator of Photographs

Clare Freestone gives a tour of the

Ida Kar exhibition to Gallery Patrons

Glamour of the Gods exhibition

product range

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Recruitment Despite the continuing slow down of the economy employee

turnover during the last two years has increased to 13.5% in

comparison to 9% in 2009/10. There are several reasons for this

including funded posts coming to an end and a recurring cycle

of senior positions turning over after a ten-year tenure. Staffing

the Lucian Freud Portraits exhibition required the biggest

recruitment campaign for many years to fill fifty temporary

posts.

TrainingThe Gallery continues to improve management capability

with the introduction of a Project Management Framework

and related training for managers. A trial mentoring scheme

was run in collaboration with the Museum of London. Thirty-six

mentors and mentees took part and whilst a formal evaluation

is currently under way, initial feedback from the participants

has been very positive.

DiversityDuring the last two years the Equality Action Plan has been

revised and Bullying and Harassment Procedures have been

introduced and briefing given to all staff through a series of

workshops. The funding for the Culture Quarter Programme

that provided six months work-based training to young

unemployed people has ended but it is hoped that further

funding for a similar scheme will be secured soon. The success

of the Programme’s participants in securing employment led

to an invitation to explain more about the scheme to a group

of Members of Parliament that included both the Ministers for

the Arts and for Employment.

The composition of the Gallery’s workforce is 89% white,

11% black and minority ethnic, 32% male, 68% female,

2.5% disabled and 35% part-time employees.

Developing Staff

The Art Handling Team working

in the Victorian Galleries

CateringCatering income grew by 7% during the period. Increased

visitor numbers helped improve the Café’s performance,

especially during the summer months, despite difficult trading

conditions experienced in the run up to Christmas 2011. The

Portrait Restaurant’s income figures have been consistent over

the period and it continues to be an attractive destination with

Saturday evening opening, introduced in September 2010,

proving to be popular.

Investment and Other IncomeInvestment income derived from interest and dividend

payments halved in 2011/12 compared to that earned in

2010/11. However, the majority of the Gallery’s reserves

(approx £9.2 million) is invested in portfolios under

management with the Gallery’s advisers, Partners Capital

LLP. These portfolios had appreciated in value by £433,000

compared to their values as at 31 March 2011. The appreciation

is in the form of an unrealised gain, and during the year a further

£1 million was transferred from interest earning bank accounts

to the investment portfolios managed by Partners Capital. Other

income decreased by 22% compared to 2010/11, albeit that

the income in 2010/11 had been exceptional owing to a further

large recovery of overpaid VAT.

Effectiveness and efficiencyThe Gallery’s more strategic approach to procurement followed

government policy promoting ‘shared contracts’ across the

public sector. Collaboration with other museums on two

common services, media buying and market research, yielded

competitive rates and improved service delivery. The Gallery

embarked on an innovative trial, the first of its kind within

the sector, to share a Contracts and Procurement team with

The National Gallery and began reviewing opportunities for

sharing the procurement of common commodities across both

organisations. Reviews completed to date have resulted in cash

and efficiency savings and improved contract terms.

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The Portrait Restaurant

The Gallery’s commitment to improving services has been

demonstrated in a number of practical ways, which have

benefited staff, visitors and the Collection. These have included

energy-saving initiatives, such as the installation of LED lighting

across the second floor galleries and the use of waste heat to

produce hot water in the toilets. Building projects have included

toilet refurbishments, relocating the cloakroom and replacing

the flagpole on the Gallery roof. The service to Members was

enhanced by the introduction of Membership card scanning at

exhibition entrances, and IT facilities were made more resilient

through a partnership with the Imperial War Museum.

Visitor Services An Operational Review of Visitor Services looked at improving

staff management, visitor experience and security. The success

of this has been demonstrated by the ability of the team to

deal pro-actively with the large number of visitors to Lucian

Freud Portraits. Systems changes such as enhanced CCTV and

the appointment of a new ticketing partner for The Queen: Art

and Image have all been supported by the Visitor Services Team.

Services to Research and ReadersThe Heinz Archive and Library received 2,922 visitors and

4,582 enquiries during the period and continued to host visits

from academic, professional and special interest groups. Use

of the web-based archive and library catalogues has steadily

increased from 1,000 to 1,200 hits a month. Under the

Freedom of Information Act thirty-six requests were handled

and thirty-five Parliamentary Questions were answered.

GovernanceUpholding high standards of governance through accountability

and transparency continues to be a key aim. Actions taken to

strengthen governance included the development of the

Investment Committee and strategy and new policies covering

Information Security, Loans, Data Protection and Recruitment.

The Board of Trustees undertook a review of their effectiveness

and the Gallery recruited two additional independent members

to sit on the Audit & Compliance Committee and a new non-

executive director for the Trading Company.

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Opposite:

Heinz Archive and Library

Visitor Services Assistant

Charlotte Richards

Single and double portraits

Diane Julie Abbott (1953–)Politician

By Stuart Pearson Wright (1975–)

6927: pencil, 16 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in.

(420 mm x 297 mm), 2006

Purchased 2011

Craigie Aitchison (1926–2009)Artist

By Craigie Aitchison (1926–2009)

6933: oil on canvas, 24 in. x 20 in.

(610 mm x 508 mm), circa 1980

Purchased 2012 with support from

Terence and Angela Danziger Miles

and Sir Paul Smith

Anne of Denmark (1574–1619)Queen of James I

By John De Critz the Elder

(circa 1552–1642)

6918: oil on canvas, 79 3/8 in. x

49 3/4 in. (2016 mm x 1265 mm),

circa 1605–1610

Purchased 2011

Edward Leicester Atkinson (1882–1929)Surgeon; member of British Antarctic

Expedition, 1910–1913

By Herbert George Ponting

(1870–1935)

P1364: gelatin silver print, 12 1/8 in. x

15 in. (308 mm x 381 mm),

photographer’s blind stamp and, on

reverse, photographer’s stamp and

inscribed, 15 September 1911

Purchased 2010

Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879–1964)Illustrator

By Elliott & Fry (active 1863–1962)

P1363: toned chlorobromide print,

7 3/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. (197 mm x 145 mm),

inscribed on reverse and, on mount

below image, photographer’s stamp

and credit, circa 1924

Purchased 2010

Sir James Matthew (‘J.M.’) Barrie, Bt (1860–1937)Writer and author of ‘Peter Pan’

By Elliott & Fry (active 1863–1962)

P1660: albumen print, 5 3/4 in. x

4 1/8 in. (145 mm x 104 mm),

photographer’s credit printed on

original mount below image and on

reverse of mount 1894

Purchased 2011

Herbert Ernest (‘H.E.’) Bates (1905–1974)Writer and novelist

By William Roberts (1895–1980)

6909: pencil, 14 3/8 in. x 11 1/8 in.

(365 mm x 283 mm) uneven, signed,

circa 1925–1927

Purchased 2011

Sir Arnold Bax (1883–1953)Composer

By Emil Otto (‘E.O.’) Hoppé

(1878–1972)

P1693: cream toned

chlorobromide print, 9 1/4 in. x 7 in.

(236 mm x 179 mm), signed and

on reverse, photographer’s stamp,

6 October 1921

Purchased 2012

Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906–1989)Playwright

By Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

(1899–1984)

P1689: gelatin silver print, 11 1/2

in. x 8 1/4 in. (293 mm x 211 mm),

photographer’s studio stamp,

inscribed and dated on reverse,

1957, 1957

Purchased 2012

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Opposite:

Equanimity (detail)

by Chris Levine (artist) and

Rob Munday (holographer), 2004

Commissioned by the People of

Jersey 2004, donated 2012

Samuel Beckett

by Brassaï (Gyula Halász), 1957

© reserved

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Sir (Edward) Guy Dawber (1861–1938)Architect

By Sir Gerald Kelly (1879–1972)

6900: oil on canvas, 36 3/4 in. x 29 5/8

in. (932 mm x 753 mm), signed and

dated, and on reverse, inscribed and

dated, 1927

Purchased 2010

Walter de la Mare (1873–1956)Poet and writer


(1878–1972)


5 3/8 in. (195 mm x 137 mm),

12 October 1920

Purchased 2011

Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946)Photographer

By Baron Adolph de Meyer

(1868–1946)

P1367: gelatin silver print, 8 7/8 in.

x 6 1/2 in. (227 mm x 165 mm),

photographer’s archive stamp on

reverse of mount, 1920s

Purchased 2011

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (Job ben Solomon) (1701–1773)Arabic Scholar

By William Hoare (1707–1792)

L245: oil on canvas, 30 in. x 25 in.

(762 mm x 635 mm), 1733

Lent by Qatar Museums Authority

2010

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930)Novelist


(1878–1972)

P1390: gelatin silver print, 8 in. x 6 in.

(204 mm x 151 mm), 1912

Purchased 2011

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (1878–1957)Writer


(1878–1972)


5 5/8 in. (195 mm x 142 mm), signed

below image on photographer’s

mount, circa 1910

Purchased 2012

Sir James Dyson (1947–)Designer and inventor

‘James, Inventor’

By Julian Opie (1958–)

6917: inkjet on canvas, 56 5/8 in. x 42 5/8 in. (1438 mm x 1082 mm), 2011

Commission made possible by

J.P. Morgan through the Fund for

New Commissions 2011

Thomas Stearns (‘T.S.’) Eliot (1888–1965)Poet

By George Platt Lynes (1907–1955)


x 7 1/8 in. (196 mm x 182 mm),

photographer’s studio stamp on

reverse, circa 1950

Purchased 2012

Queen Elizabeth II (1926–)Queen Regnant

‘Equanimity’

By Chris Levine (1972–)

6936: lenticular print on lightbox,

31 1/4 in. x 23 3/8 in. (795 mm x

595 mm), 2012

Given by The People of Jersey 2012

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900–2002)Queen of George VI


(1878–1972)


5 3/4 in. (199 mm x 147 mm), 1923

Purchased 2011

T.S. Eliot

by George Platt Lynes, c.1950

© estate of George Platt Lynes

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Isabella Blow (Isabella Delves Broughton) (1958–2007) and Alexander McQueen (1969–2010)Fashion journalist; Fashion designer

By David LaChapelle (1963–)

P1403: C-type colour print, 28 7/8 in. x

39 7/8 in. (734 mm x 1012 mm), 1996

Purchased with generous assistance

from Daphne Guinness and The

Marrakech Gallery Foundation 2010

Sir Adrian Boult (1889–1983)Conductor


(1878–1972)


5 1/2 in. (175 mm x 141 mm),

6 December 1920

Purchased 2011

Alfred Brendel (1931–)Concert pianist

By Tony Bevan (1951–)

6906: pencil, 11 1/2 in. x 8 in. (292 mm

x 203 mm), signed and dated, 2004

Given by Tony Bevan 2011

Alfred Brendel (1931–)Concert pianist

By Tony Bevan (1951–)

6907: acrylic, 10 1/8 in. x 7 7/8 in.


dated, 2004

Given by Tony Bevan 2011

Robert Byron (1905–1941)Traveller and writer on art

By Adrian Maurice Daintrey

(1902–1988)

6929: oil on canvas, 28 7/8 in. x

14 in. (735 mm x 355 mm), signed

and dated, 1939

Accepted by HM Government in lieu

of Inheritance Tax and allocated to

the National Portrait Gallery 2011

Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536)First Queen of Henry VIII

By Unknown artist

L246: oil on oak panel, 20 1/2 in. x

16 1/2 in. (520 mm x 420 mm),

circa 1520s

Lent by the Church Commissioners

for England 2011

George Cattermole (1800–1868)Watercolour painter and illustrator

By William Frederick Lake Price

(1810–1896)

P1663: albumen print, 11 3/8 in. x

9 1/2 in. (290 mm x 242 mm),

arched top, facsimile autograph and

inscribed below image on mount,

published 1858

Given by John Morton Morris 2011

Shami Chakrabarti (1969–)Lawyer and human rights

campaigner; director of Liberty

By Gillian Wearing (1963–)

6923: gelatin silver print, 36 5/8 in. x

31 1/2 in. (929 mm x 800 mm), 2011




Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965)Prime Minister

By Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002)

P1368: bromide print, 23 3/4 in. x

19 3/4 in. (604 mm x 503 mm), signed

on mount below image and inscribed

‘AP’, and on reverse of mount,

inscribed and dated, 1941

Given by Estate of Yousuf Karsh 2010

Sir Henry Cooper (1934–2011)Boxer

By William Redgrave (1903–1986)

6925: bronze bust, 16 3/8 in. (415 mm)

high, signed and numbered 4/5, 1969

Purchased 2011

Catherine of Aragon

by Unknown artist, c.1520s

Alexander McQueen; Isabella Blow

by David LaChapelle, 1996

© David LaChapelle

Courtesy Fred Torres Collaborations

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Edgar Evans (1876–1912)Polar explorer; member of British

Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913


(1870–1935)

P1365: gelatin silver print, 15 1/4

in. x 12 in. (386 mm x 304 mm),

photographer’s blind stamp and on


inscribed, 1911

Purchased 2011

Dame Edith Evans (Dame Edith Mary Booth) (1888–1976)Actress

By Alfred Aaron Wolmark

(1877–1961)

6930: pen and ink, 14 in. x 10 in.

(356 mm x 254 mm), autographed

by sitter, signed, inscribed and

dated, 1926

Given by James McMullen 2012

Sir Martin John Evans (1941–)Director, Cardiff School of Biosciences,

and Professor of Mammalian

Genetics, University of Cardiff

By David Cobley (1954–)


(583 mm x 712 mm), signed in

monogram and dated, 2011

Commissioned 2011

Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) (1943–)Jazz and rhythm & blues musician

By David Jowett Greaves Oxtoby

(1938–)

6895: ballpoint pen, 20 in. x 14 in.

(507 mm x 357 mm), 1966

Given by David Jowett Greaves Oxtoby

2010

Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (1950–2011)Advertising executive and political

consultant

By Adrian Steirn (1979–)

P1697: bromide print, 34 5/8 in. x 23 3/8

in. (880 mm x 594 mm), autographed

by sitter, signed and numbered 6/10

below image, 2011

Given by Matthew Freud 2012

Derrick Greaves (1927–)Painter

By Derrick Greaves (1927–)

6901: pencil, 13 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.

(343 mm x 216 mm), 1956

Purchased 2010

Eleanor (‘Nell’) Gwyn (1651?–1687)Actress; mistress of Charles II

By Simon Verelst (circa 1644–circa

1710)

L248: oil on canvas, 36 3/4 in. x 29 1/2

in. (935 mm x 748 mm), circa 1670

Lent by Private Collection 2011

Odette Marie Céline Hallowes (née Brailly) (1912–1995)Special Operations Officer

By Pietro Annigoni (1910–1988)

6932: ink and tempera on thick paper

prepared with gesso, 29 in. x 23 in.


dated, 1961

Given by Lili Saunders 2012

Sir Edward Heath (1916–2005)Prime Minister

By (Arthur) Derek Hill (1916–2000)

6914: oil on canvas, 19 7/8 in. x 27 7/8

in. (505 mm x 708 mm), 1972

Given by Sir Edward Heath Charitable

Foundation 2011

Opposite:

James Dyson (‘James, Inventor’)

by Julian Opie, 2011

© Julian Opie/National Portrait

Gallery, London; commissioned by

the National Portrait Gallery with

the support of J.P. Morgan through

the Fund for New Commissions

Odette Marie Céline Hallowes

(née Brailly)

by Pietro Annigoni, 1961

© estate of Pietro Annigoni/

National Portrait Gallery, London

Mary Lowndes (1856–1929)Stained glass artist

By Arthur James Langton (1855–

active 1919)

P1688: platinotype, 5 1/4 in. x 3 7/8 in.

(132 mm x 100 mm), photographer’s

advertisement printed on reverse of

card mount, circa 1890s

Given by Ann O’Donoghue 2011

Sir (Edward Montague Anthony) Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972)Writer

By Andrew Paterson (active

1895–1948)


7 in. (237 mm x 178 mm),

autographed by sitter, 1931,

photographer’s credit, 1929

Purchased 2011

Cyril Mann (1911–1980)Painter, sculptor and teacher

By Cyril Mann (1911–1980)

6931: charcoal, chalk and watercolour,

22 1/8 in. x 15 in. (561 mm x 380 mm),

artist’s studio stamp on reverse, 1956

Given by Piano Nobile 2012

Hilda Matheson (1888–1940)Intelligence officer and director

of radio talks

By Howard Coster (1885–1959)


in. (209 mm x 157 mm), inscribed on

reverse, 1920s

Given by Adam Nicolson 2011

Hilda Matheson (1888–1940)Intelligence officer and director of

radio talks

By Howard Coster (1885–1959)


in. (209 mm x 157 mm), inscribed on

reverse, 1920s


Hilda Matheson (1888–1940)Intelligence officer and director

of radio talks

By Douglas (active 1920s)


in. (144 mm x 163 mm), studio stamp

on reverse, 1920s


Alice Meynell (née Thompson) (1847–1922)Poet, essayist and journalist


(1878–1972)


3 3/4 in. (145 mm x 96 mm), 1914

Purchased 2011

Alan Alexander (‘A.A.’) Milne (1882–1956)Writer, playwright and journalist


(1878–1972)


4 1/4 in. (163 mm x 107 mm), 1916

Purchased 2011

Malcolm Morley (1931–)Artist

By Derek Boshier (1937–)


(762 mm x 610 mm), inscribed on

reverse, 1980

Purchased 2012

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth (1888–1965) and Sir Waldron Smithers (1880–1954)Politicians

By Ronald William Fordham Searle

(1920–2011)

6894: pen and ink and blue crayon,

9 3/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. (247 mm x

262 mm), signed, inscribed and

dated, 1951

Purchased with funding from the

Elizabeth Weisz Fund 2010

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James Ephraim Lovelock

by Michael Gaskell, 2011

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Roger Hilton (1911–1975)Painter

By Roger Hilton (1911–1975)

6902: ink and wash, 13 3/4 in. x 9 7/8 in.

(350 mm x 250 mm), late

1960s–early 1970s

Purchased 2010

Edgar Holloway (1914–2008)Painter and print-maker

By Edgar Holloway (1914–2008)

6893: etching, 8 3/4 in. x 6 1/4 in.


numbered 31/50 below plate, 1932

Given by Jennifer Holloway 2010

Shirley Hughes (1927–)Illustrator and author of

children’s books

By Clara Vulliamy (1962–)

6896: pastel, 31 in. x 22 3/8 in.

(787 mm x 567 mm), 1981

Given by Shirley Hughes 2010

Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)Novelist

By George Platt Lynes (1907–1955)


7 1/2 in. (240 mm x 192 mm), 1946

Purchased 2011

Edward James (1907–1984)Poet, designer and patron of the arts

By Norman Parkinson (1913–1990)

P1664: chlorobromide print, 7 3/4 in. x

11 1/2 in. (196 mm x 292 mm), signed,

and inscribed in sitter’s hand, on

mount below image, late 1930s

Purchased 2011

Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)American film director, writer,

producer and photographer

By Dmitri Kasterine (1932–)

P1383: digital print, 16 1/2 in. x 12 in.

(420 mm x 305 mm), 2010 (1970)

Purchased 2010

Hazel (née Martyn), Lady Lavery (1880–1935)Socialite and painter; widow of

Edward Trudeau; later wife of

Sir John Lavery


(1878–1972)


5 3/8 in. (182 mm x 137 mm), 1916

Purchased 2011

Hazel (née Martyn), Lady Lavery (1880–1935)Socialite and painter; widow of

Edward Trudeau; later wife of

Sir John Lavery


(1878–1972)


5 3/8 in. (201 mm x 136 mm), 1916

Purchased 2011

Mike Leigh (1943–)Dramatist; theatre, television and

film director

By Stuart Pearson Wright (1975–)

6926: oil on canvas, 28 in. x 19 7/8 in.

(710 mm x 506 mm), 2003

Purchased 2011

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George (1863–1945)Prime Minister


(1878–1972)


4 3/4 in. (191 mm x 122 mm), 1911

Purchased 2011

James Ephraim Lovelock (1919–)Chemist and ecologist

By Michael Gaskell (1963–)

6928: egg tempera on board, 12 5/8 in.

x 8 1/4 in. (320 mm x 210 mm),

signed and inscribed on reverse of

mount board, 2011

Commissioned 2011

Stanley Kubrick

by Dmitri Kasterine, 2010 (1970)

© Dmitri Kasterine

Mike Leigh

by Stuart Pearson Wright, 2003

Dame (Jean) Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)Novelist and philosopher

By Nicolas Clerihew Bentley

(1907–1978)

6912: pen and ink, 7 1/8 in. x 7 1/2 in.

(182 mm x 189 mm) uneven,

signed and below image, inscribed,

circa 1961



Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)First Prime Minister of India; son of

Pandit Motilal Nehru

By Sir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)

6905: bronze bust, 15 in. (380 mm)

high, 1948

Purchased 2011

Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (1872–1949)Artist


(1878–1972)

P1695: sepia toned silver print, 6 3/4 in.

x 4 7/8 in. (172 mm x 124 mm), 1912

Purchased 2012

Dame Anne Elizabeth Owers (née Spark) (1947–)Campaigner, administrator and policy

adviser; HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

By Diarmuid Kelley (1972–)

6898: oil on canvas, 13 7/8 in. x 10 5/8

in. (352 mm x 270 mm), 2010




Maureen Paley (1953–)Gallery owner and artist

By Michael Landy (1963–)

6916: pencil, 27 1/2 in. x 19 5/8 in.

(700 mm x 500 mm), 2008

Given by Maureen Paley 2011

Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958)Militant suffragette; daughter of

Emmeline Pankhurst

By Richard George Mathews

(1870–1955)

6904: Charcoal and chalk, 16 3/8 in. x

11 3/4 in. (417 mm x 298 mm), with

sitter’s autograph, signed with

initials and dated, 1908

Purchased 2011

Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958)Militant suffragette; daughter of

Emmeline Pankhurst

By Ethel Wright (1866–1939)

6921: oil on canvas, 63 in. x 37

in. (1600 mm x 940 mm), signed,

exhibited 1909

Bequeathed by Elizabeth Ruth

Dugdale Weir 2011

Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (1924–2005)Sculptor and graphic artist

By William Packer (1940–)

6915: charcoal, 16 5/8 in. x 23 3/8 in.

(421 mm x 594 mm), signed with

initials, inscribed and dated, 1988,

and on reverse, signed and inscribed,

20 May 1988

Given by William Packer 2011

Sir Michael Parkinson (1935–)Journalist and broadcaster

By Jonathan Yeo (1970–)

6899: oil on canvas, 36 in. x 27 1/4

in. (914 mm x 692 mm), signed on

reverse, 2010

Commissioned 2010

Opposite:

The Three Witches from

Macbeth (Elizabeth Lamb,

Viscountess Melbourne;

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire;

Anne Seymour Damer) (detail)

by Daniel Gardner, 1775

Jawaharlal Nehru

by Sir Jacob Epstein, 1948

Photograph © National Portrait

Gallery, London

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John William Waterhouse (1849–1917)Figure painter

By William Logsdail (1859–1944)

6920: oil on board, 11 in. x 6 3/4 in.

(280 mm x 170 mm), circa 1887

Purchased 2011

Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914)Critic, novelist and poet

By Sir Henry Maximilian (‘Max’)

Beerbohm (1872–1956)

6911: ink and wash, 7 1/4 in. x 6 1/2 in.

(185 mm x 165 mm), c.1890s



Dame Rebecca West (Cicily Isabel Andrews, née Fairfield) (1892–1983)Writer and journalist


(1878–1972)

P1696: chlorobromide print, 6 1/4 in. x

4 1/2 in. (160 mm x 114 mm),

30 January 1923

Purchased 2012

Edward Adrian Wilson (1872–1912)Naturalist and Antarctic explorer


(1870–1935)


x 15 1/4 in. (311 mm x 388 mm),

photographer’s blind stamp and on


inscribed, 19 May 1911

Purchased 2011

Anna Wintour (1949–)Editor of American Vogue

By Alex Katz (1927–)

6908: oil on linen, 60 in. x 84 in.

(1524 mm x 2134 mm), 2009

Purchased with help from the

Art Fund 2010

Group portraits

The Three Witches from Macbeth (Anne Seymour Damer (1749–1828) Sculptor, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806) Beauty and leader of

fashionable Whig society, Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne (baptised 1751–1818) Political

hostess and agricultural improver)By Daniel Gardner (1750?–1805)

6903: gouache and chalk, 37 in. x

31 1/8 in. (940 mm x 790 mm), 1775

Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M.

Government and allocated to the

Gallery 2011

The Rolling Stones (Sir Michael Philip (‘Mick’) Jagger (1943–), Brian Jones (1942–1969), Keith Richards (1943–), Charles Robert (‘Charlie’) Watts (1941–), Bill Wyman (1936–)) Musicians; members of

The Rolling Stones

By Gered Mankowitz (1946–)

P1371: enlarged contact sheet, 17 1/8

in. x 23 in. (436 mm x 583 mm), 1965

Purchased 2010

The Rolling Stones (Sir Michael Philip (‘Mick’) Jagger (1943–), Brian Jones (1942–1969), Keith Richards (1943–), Charles Robert (‘Charlie’) Watts (1941–), Bill Wyman (1936–)) Musicians; members of

The Rolling Stones


P1372: modern colour print from

original negative, 12 7/8 in. x 18 in.

(328 mm x 458 mm), 1966

Purchased 2010

Edward Adrian Wilson

by Herbert George Ponting, 1911

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Thomas Patch (1725–1782)Painter and engraver

By Thomas Patch (1725–1782)

6913: Etching, 11 3/8 in. x 13 5/8 in.

(290 mm x 345 mm), late 1760s



Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–) and Queen Elizabeth II (1926–)Queen Regnant and Prince Consort

By Thomas Struth (1954–)

P1665: C-type colour print, 64 1/4 in.

x 81 1/8 in. (1633 mm x 2062 mm),

7 April 2011

Commissioned 2011

Theodore Francis Powys (1875–1953)Novelist

By William Roberts (1895–1980)

6910: pencil, 15 1/4 in. x 11 1/8 in.

(387 mm x 281 mm), signed,

circa 1926

Purchased 2011

Paula Rego (1935–)Painter

By Peter Snow (1927–2008)

6924: charcoal, 22 in. x 37 3/4 in.

(560 mm x 960 mm), signed,

inscribed and dated, 1960

Purchased 2011

Sir Cliff Richard (Harry Webb) (1940–)Singer and actor

By Norman Parkinson (1913–1990)


in. (367 mm x 250 mm), early 1960s

Purchased 2010

Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso (circa 1520–1582)Courtier; Lord Lieutenant of

Bedfordshire

By Arnold Bronckorst (active

1565–1580)

6919: oil on panel, 18 7/8 in. x 15 1/2

in. (478 mm x 395 mm), signed and

dated, 1578

Purchased 2011

Sir (Francis) Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Bt (1892–1969)Writer

By Horst P. Horst (1906–1999)

P1662: bromide print, 10 in. x 7 7/8


mount below image, 1948

Purchased 2011

Humphrey Spender (1910–2005)Photographer, artist and designer

John Banting (1902–1972)


(381 mm x 304 mm), circa 1934

Purchased 2011

Michael R. Taylor (1952–)Painter

By Michael R. Taylor (1952–)

6934: pencil, 16 1/2 in. x 11 5/8 in.

(419 mm x 296 mm), 2011

Purchased 2012

Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (1850–1931)Retail and manufacturing chemist

By Noel Denholm Davis (1876–1950)

L247: oil on canvas, 50 in. x 40 in.

(1270 mm x 1015 mm), 1909

Lent by Alliance Boots 2011

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh;

Queen Elizabeth II

by Thomas Struth, 2011

© Thomas Struth, 2011

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The Yardbirds (Jeff Beck (1944–), Chris Dreja (1945–), Jim McCarty (1943–), James Patrick (‘Jimmy’) Page (1944–), Keith Relf (1943–1976)) Musicians; members of The Yardbirds


P1373: modern print from original

negative, 13 7/8 in. x 14 in. (352 mm x

355 mm), 1966

Purchased 2010

The Spencer Davis Group (Spencer Davis (1939–), Muff Winwood (1943–), Steve Winwood (1948–), Pete York (1942–)) Musicians; members of

The Spencer Davis Group


P1374: modern print from original

negative, 13 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in.

(351 mm x 352 mm), 1966

Purchased 2010

Manfred Mann (Mike Hugg (1942–), Paul Adrian Jones (1942–), Tom McGuinness (1941–), Manfred Mann (1940–), Mike Vickers (1940–))Musicians; members of Manfred Mann

By Tony Frank (1945–)


original transparency, 20 in. x 29 5/8


reverse, 1965

Purchased 2010

The Who (Roger Harry Daltrey (1944–), John Entwistle (1944–2002), Keith Moon (1946–1978), Peter Dennis Blandford (‘Pete’) Townshend (1945–))Musicians; members of The Who



original transparency, 21 5/8 in. x

29 3/4 in. (550 mm x 756 mm),

signed on reverse, 1965

Purchased 2010

Them (Peter Bardens (1944–2002), Billy Harrison (1942–), Alan Henderson (1944–), Pat McAuley (1944–1984), Van Morrison (1945–))Musicians; members of Them



original transparency, 19 1/2 in. x

29 3/4 in. (495 mm x 756 mm),

signed on reverse, 1965

Purchased 2010

The Beatles (George Harrison (1943–2001), John Lennon (1940–1980), Sir (James) Paul McCartney (1942–), Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) (1940–))Musicians; members of The Beatles

By Don McCullin (1935–)

P1382: bromide print, 12 5/8 in. x

18 7/8 in. (320 mm x 480 mm), signed,

inscribed and dated on reverse, 1968

Purchased 2010

Prince Charles (1948–), Prince Henry of Wales (1984–), Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982–)The Prince of Wales and his sons

By Mario Testino (1954–)

P1387: gelatin silver print, 20 in.

x 24 in. (508 mm x 610 mm),

photographer’s stamp and studio

stamp on reverse, 2004

Given by Mario Testino 2011

The Beatles (Peter Randolph (‘Pete’) Best (1941–), George Harrison (1943–2001), John Lennon (1940–1980), Sir (James) Paul McCartney (1942–), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940–1962))Musicians; members of The Beatles

By Astrid Kirchherr (1938–)


9 3/8 in. (180 mm x 238 mm), signed

on reverse, 1960

Purchased 2012

Opposite:

Prince Harry; Prince Charles;

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

(detail)

by Mario Testino, 2004

© Mario Testino

The Beatles (Pete Best;

George Harrison; John Lennon;

Paul McCartney; Stuart Sutcliffe)

by Astrid Kirchherr, 1960

© Astrid Kirchherr/Getty Images

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P1667: George Granville Barker (1913–1991)Poet, 1951

P1668: Bill Brandt (1904–1983)Photographer, 1953

P1669: David Emery Gascoyne (1916–2001)Poet, 1951

P1670: Robert Ranke Graves (1895–1985)Poet and writer, 1969

P1671: Thomson William (‘Thom’) Gunn (1929–2004)Poet and university teacher, 1957

P1672: Seamus Justin Heaney (1939–)Poet and Nobel Prize winner, 1969

P1673: Edward James (‘Ted’) Hughes (1930–1998)Poet Laureate, 1959

P1674: Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001)Poet, 1957

P1675: Philip Arthur Larkin (1922–1985)Poet and novelist, 1960

P1676: (Frederick) Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)Poet, 1954

P1677: John Minton (1917–1957)Painter and illustrator, 1951

P1678: John (James) Osborne (1929–1994)Playwright, autobiographer and

actor, 1957

P1679: Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)Poet and writer, 1959

P1680: Kathleen Jesse Raine (Mrs K.J. Madge) (1908–2003)Poet and literary scholar, 1951

P1681: Sir Herbert Read (1893–1968)Critic and writer on art, 1954

P1682: Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)Poet, 1953

P1683: Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)Poet, 1952–3



P1690–P1692: The Beatles: Photographs by Astrid Kirchherr, 1960–1962By Astrid Kirchherr (1938–)

Gelatin silver prints, varying

dimensions

Purchased 2012

See also under Group Portraits

P1692: George Harrison (1943–2001) and John Lennon (1940–1980)Musicians; members of

The Beatles, 1962

Dame Edith Sitwell

by Rollie McKenna, 1953

© Rosalie Thorne McKenna

Foundation; Courtesy Center

for Creative Photography,

University of Arizona Foundation

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The Beatles (George Harrison (1943–2001), John Lennon (1940–1980), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940–1962))Musicians; members of The Beatles

By Astrid Kirchherr (1938–)


9 3/8 in. (310 mm x 238 mm), signed

on reverse, 1960

Purchased 2012

Portrait Collections

P1370–P1374: Photographs by Gered Mankovitz, 1960–1966By Gered Mankovitz (1946–)

Modern gelatin silver and colour

prints from original negatives,

varying dimensions

Purchased 2010


P1370: Millie (Millicent) Small (1942–)Singer, 1964

P1375–P1381: Photographs by Tony Frank, 1965–1966By Tony Frank (1945–)

Modern colour prints from original

negatives, varying dimensions

Purchased 2010


P1375: Sandie Shaw (née Sandra Goodrich) (1947–)Singer, 1965

P1376: Marianne Faithfull (1946–)Singer, 1965

P1377: Georgie Fame (Clive Powell) (1943–)Singer, 1965

P1378: Sir Tom Jones (Thomas Jones Woodward) (1940–)Singer, 1966

P1397–P1402: Photographs by Irving Penn, 1950–1958By Irving Penn (1917–2009)

Gelatin silver prints,

varying dimensions

Given by Irving Penn Foundation 2011

P1397: Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969)Novelist, 1958

P1398: Sir Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)Sculptor, 1950

P1399: Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889–1975) and Philip Toynbee (1916–1981)Novelist and journalist; Historian and

nephew of Arnold Toynbee, 1958

P1400: Henry Moore (1898–1896)Sculptor, 1950

P1401: John Boynton (‘J.B.’) Priestley (1894–1984)Novelist, 1950

P1402: Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)Artist, 1950

P1404–P1659: Queen Elizabeth II and her family: photographs from the Ford Hill Collection, 1947–1996Some 30 photographers

Bromide and C-type colour prints,

varying dimensions

Gift of Ms Ford Hill, American Friends

of the National Portrait Gallery

(London) Foundation, Inc., 2011

P1666–P1685: Rollie McKenna, 1951–1969By Rollie McKenna, (1918–2003)

Gelatin silver prints, varying

dimensions

Given by Rosalie Thorne McKenna

Foundation 2011

P1666: Sir Kingsley William Amis (1922–1995)Novelist, 1957

Sir Tom Jones

(Thomas Jones Woodward)

by Tony Frank, 1966

© tonyfrank/National Portrait

Gallery, London

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43 Exhibitions and DisplaysApril 2010 – March 2012

Wolfson Gallery

BP Portrait Award 2010 24 June – 19 September 2010

Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power and Brilliance 21 October 2010 – 23 January 2011

Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street 17 February – 30 May 2011

BP Portrait Award 201116 June 2011 – 18 September 2011

First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons20 October 2011 – 8 January 2012

Lucian Freud Portraits9 February – 27 May 2012

Porter Gallery

Camille Silvy, Photographer of Modern Life, 1834 – 1910 15 July – 24 October 2010

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 11 November 2010 – 20 February 2011

Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer 1908–1974 10 March – 19 June 2011

Glamour of the Gods: Hollywood PortraitsPhotographs from the John Kobal Foundation7 July – 23 October 2011

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 10 November 2011 – 12 February 2012

Contemporary Portraits 1 March – 22 April 2012

Studio Gallery

Road to 2012: Setting Out 20 July – 26 September 2010

Chasing Mirrors: Portraits of The Unseen 11 October 2010 – 9 January 2011

Road to 2012: Changing Pace25 July – 25 September 2011

Chasing Mirrors: My Portrait, Shape by Shape14 October 2011 – 8 January 2012

Touring Exhibitions

Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposedNorwich Castle Museum

8 May – 5 September 2010

Taylor Wessing Photographic Photographic Portrait Prize 2009New Art Gallery, Walsall

16 July – 12 September 2010

BP Portrait Award 2010Usher Gallery, Lincoln

1 October – 14 November 2010

Aberdeen Art Gallery

27 November 2010 – 22 January 2011 Aberystwyth Arts Centre

2 February – 26 March 2011

Thomas Lawrence: Regency Power and BrillianceYale Center for British Art, New Haven

24 February – 5 June 2011

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

16 April – 26 June 2011

BP Portrait Award 2011Wolverhampton Art Gallery

24 September – 1 November 2011

Aberdeen Art Gallery

12 November – 21 January 2012

The Queen: Art and ImageScottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

25 June – 18 September 2011

Ulster Museum, Belfast

14 October – 15 January 2012

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

4 February – 29 April 2012

Road to 2012Cardiff Bay

30 March – 27 May 2012

Opposite:

The Only Connect display,

April – November 2011

The Hoppé Portraits exhibition,

February – May 2011

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Gallery Displays

Glastonbury: Photographs by Venetia Dearden19 April – 26 September 2010

Great British Composers: From Elgar to Adès27 April – 12 December 2010

Bridget Riley: From Life15 May – 5 December 2010

Alex Katz Portraits15 May – 21 September 2010

Florence Nightingale 1820 – 191017 May – 21 November 2010

William Holman Hunt 1827 – 191015 June 2010 – 16 March 2011

An Englishman in New York: Photographs by Jason Bell14 August 2010 – 17 April 2011

British Artists in Rome: the John Partridge Sketchbook, 1823–2721 August 2010 – 27 March 2011

Circles of Influence: G.F. Watts, Alphonse Legros and the Slade7 September – 8 May 2011

Twentieth Century Portraits: Photographs by Dmitri Kasterine11 September 2010 – 3 April 2011

Science, Religion and Politics: The Royal Society11 September – 5 December 2010

Isabella Blow by Noble and Webster18 September 2010 – 13 March 2011

From Where I Stand: Photographs by Mary McCartney4 October 2010 – 13 February 2011

H. Walter Barnett: Women of Note15 November 2010 – 8 May 2011

Camden Town and Beyond27 November 2010 – 31 August 2011

Edgar Holloway: Portrait Etchings6 December 2010 – 31 August 2011

The Anglo-Zulu War, 187913 December 2010 – 14 August 2011

Ballet In Focus14 December 2010 –24 July 2011

Ayuba Suleiman Diallo20 January – 30 July 2011

Michael Landy: Art World Portraits5 February – 17 July 2011

Eighteen by Twelve: Recent Photographic Acquisitions7 February – 1 September 2011

Peace ridiculed: caricatures by Honoré Daumier15 February – 23 October 2011

Gilbert & Sullivan8 March – 4 December 2011

Sarah Lucas Self-Portraits19 March – 11 September 2011

Tony Bevan Self-Portraits24 March – 11 December 2011

From Pencil to Chisel: Sir Francis Chantrey’s Portrait Drawings2 April – 20 November 2011

Only Connect16 April – 27 November 2011

Now and Then: Photographs by John Swannell19 April 2011 – 2 January 2012

Mick Jagger: Young in the 60s3 May – 27 November 2011

Christabel Pankhurst10 May – 11 December 2011

Picturing History: A Portrait Set of Early Kings and Queens19 July – 4 December 2011

Augustus John: A Life in Portraits26 July 2011 – 18 March 2012

Herbert Morrison: the Cockney Socialist26 July 2011 – 18 March 2012

Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie6 August 2011 – 2 January 2012

Scott of the Antarctic16 August 2011 – 22 April 2012

William Dobson, 1611–164617 August 2011 – 18 March 2012

Terence Rattigan1 September 2011 – 15 April 2012

Comedians: From the 1940s to Now17 September 2011 – 8 January 2012

The Actress Now20 October 2011 – 8 January 2012

Charles Dickens: Life and Legacy25 October 2011 – 22 April 2012

Private Eye: Photographs by Lewis Morley31 October 2011 – 15 April 2012

Queens in Waiting: Charlotte & Victoria26 November 2011 – 14 October 2012

Sandra Lousada: Work and Performance28 November 2011 – 9 July 2012

Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People3 December 2011 – 8 July 2012

Beautiful Souls5 December 2011 – 12 August 2012

Victorian Connections8 December 2011 – 17 June 2012

Cavendish Morton: A Man of Many Parts12 December 2011 – 15 July 2012

Richard Hamilton: Portraits of the Artist19 December 2011 – 13 May 2012

Cambridge Connections: Photographs by Antony Barrington Brown19 March – 16 September 2012

Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson19 March – 16 September 2012

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National Programme

Samuel Johnson & BiographyBeningbrough Hall, York

1 February 2010 – 1 February 2011

Charles I: King and MartyrLyme Park, Stockport

27 February – 31 October 2010 Imagined Lives: Mystery Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery 1520–1640Montacute House, Somerset

17 March 2010 – 31 October 2011 Inspired by MusicBodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire

24 April – 20 July 2010 Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling from the National Portrait Gallery CollectionGraves Art Gallery, Sheffield

17 April – 3 July 2010 Southampton City Art Gallery


Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery

16 October 2010 – 8 January 2011

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

29 January – 27 March 2011 Faces of PoetryBodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire


Manor House, Ilkley, Bradford

2 October – 14 November 2010

Objects in MindFreud Museum, London

24 November 2010 –

27 February 2011

Mary Queen of ScotsLyme Park, Stockport

26 February – 30 November 2011

Charles ISegedunum, Roman Fort,

Baths & Museum, Wallsend

15 April – 11 September 2011

ExplorersKing’s Own Borderers Museum,

Berwick

Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick

Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth

Segedunum, Roman Fort,

Baths & Museum, Wallsend

Oriental Museum, Durham

Hartlepool Museum

Locomotion, Shildon

Captain Cook’s Birthplace Museum,

Middlesbrough

Ironstone Mining Museum, Cleveland

31 March – 29 May 2011

Athletes and OlympiansShipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

20 January – 8 April 2012

Natural Arts: Great Landscape Designers of the 18th CenturyBeningbrough Hall, York

10 February 2012 – 30 January 2013

Early Kings and QueensMontacute House, Somerset

17 March 2012 – 4 November 2013

Picturing History: A Portrait Set

of Early Kings and Queens display,

July – December 2011

Income For operations, acquisitions and capital

Grant-in-aid

Activities for generating funds

Voluntary income

Income from exhibitions,

learning and access

Sponsorship

Other

2,148

365

7,577

1,041

425

2,736

2010/11 £000s2,631

7,398

1,996

819

3,695

2011/12 £000s

258

47

6,006

587

3,362

132

2,441

4,328

2010/11 £000s

6,268

607

3,267

140

2,763

4,261

2011/12 £000s

30 4

Expenditure Excluding capital and acquisitions

but including depreciation

Extending and broadening

audiences

Costs of generating

voluntary income

Developing the Collection

Investment management costs

Increasing understanding and

engagement with the Collection

Governance

Fundraising trading: cost of

goods sold and other costs

46 Financial Review

Total incoming resources increased over the two years rising

from £14.3 million in 2010/11 to £16.8 million in 2011/12,

a 17.5% increase. Much of the increase was due to the very

strong performance of Lucian Freud Portraits which opened

in February 2012. Self-generated income increased as a

percentage of income over the period from 47% in 2010/11

to 56% in 2011/12. Income associated with the exhibition

programme did particularly well in 2011/12, including exhibition

admissions, retail, publications and Gallery Membership.

The Gallery attracted record numbers of visitors in 2011/12

which also assisted the improvement in self-generated

income despite the difficult economic climate. Over the two

years the Gallery’s grant-in-aid funding from DCMS fell from

£7,577,000 in 2010/11 to £7,398,000 in 2011/12, a 2.4%

decrease. Furthermore, the Gallery received additional funding

of £147,000 from the Strategic Commissioning Fund (jointly

sponsored by the DCMS and the Department for Education) in

2010/11, but the funding from this source ceased after that year

as a consequence of the continuing public sector funding cuts.

Grant-in-aid per visitor to St Martin’s Place fell over the

period from £4.31 in 2010/11 to £3.61 in 2011/12, a 16%

fall, and lower than the figures achieved in any of the

previous three years, maintaining the Gallery as very effective

within the museums and galleries sector in terms of this key

performance indicator.

Overall, between the two years, resources expended rose by

2.8%, but still under the 2011/12 inflation rate. Costs relating

to trading were 12% higher in 2011/12 than 2010/11, as a

result of the increased trading activity arising from the

exhibition programme. Resources expended on charitable

activities were lower across most areas in 2011/12, except

again in the case of those activities associated with the

exhibition programme. For a full understanding of the Gallery’s

financial position, reference should be made to the Annual

Report and Accounts for 2010/11 and 2011/12, available on

the Gallery’s website www.npg.org.uk.

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The Gallery is grateful to the following Major Donors, Patrons of the Portrait Fund, Life Patrons, Annual Patrons, Associates, Individual Donors, Gallery Members and the American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London), for their support in 2010/11 and 2011/12

Major DonorsAnonymous

The Lerner Foundation

James Stunt

Individual DonorsMark Armitage Charitable Trust

The Stephen Barry Charitable Trust

Professor Dame Carol Black DBE

John Bradfield

Laurence Chase

Judith Fairhurst

The Ruth & Stuart Lipton

Charitable Trust

Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman

Alexandra Nicol

Pam and Scott Schafler

The Philip and Irene Toll Gage

Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Portrait FundMatthew Freud

Crispin Odey

Barry Hart Parsons

David Ross Foundation

The Lerner Foundation

Honorary PatronsLord Browne of Madingley

The Lord Carrington, KG

Mrs Drue Heinz Hon DBE

Lord Weidenfeld GBE

Life Patrons Anonymous

Mark Armitage Charitable Trust

Edgar Astaire

The Stephen Barry Charity Trust

Ms C. Allegra Berman

Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation

L. L. Brownrigg

Dr and Mrs Mark Cecil

Bridget and Mark Colman

Dr Peter Corry

Peggy Czyzak-Dannenbaum

Sir Harry Djanogly CBE

Margaret Exley CBE

Mr and Mrs Michael Farmer

Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett DBE

John and Inge Fleming

Mr and Mrs Robin Fleming

Ms Flora Fraser

Lydia and Manfred Gorvy

Gavin Graham

Sir Charles and Lady Gray

Toby and Jennifer Greenbury

Catherine D. and Guy L. Gronquist

Anthony Haden-West

Allan and Louise Hirst

Terry and Maria Hughes

Charles and Frances Jackson

Dr Elisabeth Kehoe

Kathleen Lavidge and Edward

McKinley

Mark and Liza Loveday

Mr and Mrs John Morton Morris

Philip Mould OBE and Mrs

Catherine Mould

Alexandra Nicol

Sir Christopher Ondaatje OC CBE

Midge and Simon Palley

Leslie and Sanjay Patel

The Pinchbeck Family

Sir Simon and Lady Robertson

Mrs Tanya Roussel

The Coral Samuel Charitable Trust

David and Alexandra Scholey

Mr Peter Soros

Jay and Deanie Stein

Sir Sigmund Sternberg KCSG

Robert and Patricia Swannell

Mr and Mrs Louis A. Tanner

Frederick and Kathryn Uhde

Johnny and Sarah Van Haeften

Bonnie J. Ward

Tony and Maureen Wheeler

Patti and George White

Annual PatronsAnonymous

Sir Rudolph and Lady Agnew

Mrs David Alexander

Mr and Mrs Johny Armstrong

Nicholas Ayre and Nicholas Creswell

The Estate of Francis Bacon

Mrs Hélène Baines and Mr Max Baines

John H. and Penelope P. Biggs

Jenny Borgerhoff-Mulder

Basia Briggs and Richard Briggs OBE

Lord Carrington

Lord and Lady Chadlington

Ricki and Robert Conway

Jane and John Cullinane

The de Laszlo Foundation

Simon C. Dickinson

Cory and Bob Donnalley

Charitable Foundation

The Marchioness of Douro

Lord and Lady Egremont

Lieutenant Commander Paul Fletcher

Edwin Fox Foundation

Eric and Louise Franck

Michael and Clara Freeman

The Robert Gavron Charitable Trust

The Hon William Gibson

Pauline Gore

Bendor Grosvenor

Louise Hallett

Mrs Sue Hammerson CBE

Richard Hayden

Lord and Lady Hazlerigg

Lady Heseltine

Robert Holden Ltd

Mrs Penny Horne

Mr and Mrs J. Horsfall Turner

Jennifer Johnson

Peter A. B. Johnson

Lady Barbara Judge CBE

Mr Michael Kahan

Kemp-Welch Charitable Trust

David Ker

Supporters

The Gallery would like to thank the following for their sponsorship, support and Corporate Partnership in 2010/11 and 2011/12

Spring Season 2010, 2011and 2012

Sponsored by Herbert Smith LLP

Irving Penn Portraits and

Lucian Freud Portraits

Supported by Bank of America

Merrill Lynch

BP Portrait Award 2010 & 2011 and

BP Travel Award 2009 & 2010

BP Portrait Award: Next Generation

Supported by BP

Taylor Wessing Photographic

Portrait Prize 2010 & 2011

Sponsored by Taylor Wessing

Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer,

1908–1974

Supported by Raffy Manoukian

Glamour of the Gods:

Hollywood Portraits

Photographs from the

John Kobal Foundation

Supported by The Blavatnik

Family Foundation

Late Shift

In partnership with FTI Consulting

Signature Series and Fund for

New Commissions

In partnership with J.P. Morgan

National Portrait Gallery/

BT Road to 2012 Project

In partnership with BT

Contemporary Portraiture

Celebration Dinner

Champagne provided by

Laurent-Perrier Champagne

Wine provided by

Alsace Wines

Lucian Freud Portraits Lenders Dinner

Supported by Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert

Lucian Freud Portraits Preview Dinner

Champagne provided by

Laurent-Perrier Champagne

Auction lots provided by

Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert

In-kind advertising support

Intelligent Life

Premier PartnersAnonymous

Belinda Harley Associates

Bloomberg L.P.

PwC

Towers Watson

UBS

Corporate Members Apax Partners

Deutsche Bank

Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox

Linklaters LLP

Mercer

P&G

Société Générale

Sotheby’s

Tulchan Communications LLP

WPP Group

The Gallery would like to thank the following charitable trusts and foundations for their support in 2010/11 and 2011/12

AcquisitionsThe Art Fund

Heritage Lottery Fund

Buildings and facilitiesEdwin Fox Foundation

Garfield Weston Foundation

ConservationThe John S. Cohen Foundation

Idlewild Trust

The Leche Trust

The Pilgrim Trust

Displays and ExhibitionsManoukian Foundation

Saint Sarkis Charity Trust

Friday Evening Music ProgrammeDelius Trust

Musicians’ Benevolent Society

PRS for Music Foundation

LearningCHK Charities Limited

Dorset Foundation

NADFAS

Thomson Reuters

Making Art in Tudor Britain (five-year research project)The British Academy

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

The Leverhulme Trust

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies

in British Art

Mercers’ Company

National ProgrammesArts Council England

John Ellerman Foundation

Foyle Foundation

Research and CataloguingThe Getty Foundation

The Leverhulme Trust

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in

British Art

Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation

Staff developmentThe Attingham Trust

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Development Board (until March 2011)Margaret Exley CBE*


(Chair)*

Jennifer Greenbury**

Frances Jackson** (until July 2010)

The Rt Hon. The Lord Janvrin GCB,

GCVO, QSO*

Jennifer Johnson**

Simon Lewis*

Colin McKenzie**

Rufus Olins*

Midge Palley**

Leslie Patel**

Robert Swannell*

Jonathan Yeo**

*Member of Corporate Advisory Group

** Member of Individual Giving

Advisory Group

Development Council (from April 2011)Adrian Bott

Dr Mark Cecil

Margaret Exley CBE

Andrew Grant

The Rt Hon. The Lord Janvrin GCB,

GCVO, QSO

Jennifer Johnson

Simon Lewis

Colin McKenzie

Dominic Murphy

Sara Murray OBE

Midge Palley

Leslie Patel

Heneage Stevenson

Robert Swannell

Board of American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation IncMrs Drue Heinz Hon. DBE

(Founder Benefactor)

David Alexander

(President until June 2010)

Robert Donnalley

(Acting President, June 2010 –

September 2011)


(President)

John Biggs

Bridget Colman

Dr Frank L. Ellsworth (until August

2011)

Jeffrey Marks (from September 2011)

Linn Cary Mehta

Richard M. Ticktin (until April 2010)

Maggie Whitlum Cooper (from

September 2011)

From the GallerySandy Nairne

Pim Baxter (Secretary)

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Peter Kilgour and Sandy Trevena

Sybil and Herbert Kretzmer

George and Anne Law

Miss Laura Lindsay

Professor David Lowe

James and Béatrice Lupton

Nicholas MacLean

Marsh Christian Trust

Jamie McAlpine

Milica Mitrovich and John Missing

Mrs Robin Navrozov

Juliet Nicholson

Sir Charles and Lady Nunneley

Sophie Oppenheimer

Helen and Michael Palin

Lord Palumbo

Nathalie Philippe and Alexis

Maubourguet

Sir William and Lady Proby

Charles Rifkind

Lady Ripley

Charles and Jans Rolls

Sally and Anthony Salz

Pam and Scott Schafler

Sylvia Scheuer

Thomas and Elaine Schoch

Mrs Victoria Sharp

John and Susan Singer

Mr and Mrs Nicholas Stanley

Stelio Stefanou OBE DL

Heneage Stevenson

Hugh and Catherine Stevenson

Mrs Freda Taylor

Lord and Lady Tugendhat

The Ulrich Family

David and Emma Verey

Mr Rumi Verjee CBE

Mrs Lisa von Clemm

David and Karen White

AssociatesMaria Allen

Paul Anant

Anja and Antonio Batista

Christopher Benson

Dr Catherine Best

Sarah Bourne

Ariane M. Braillard

Lizzie Broadbent

Consuelo and Anthony Brooke

Anthony James Brown

Jennifer Bryant-Pearson and

Leslie Perrin

Amanda Burden

Lilia Bylos

Kathryn Campbell

Corin Campbell Hill

Francis Carnwath CBE

Noel Casey

Lloyd Chamberlain

Denise Cohen

Advocate Tim C. Corfield

Loraine Cushway

Mr Cuong Dang

Gordon and Marilyn Darling

Mrs Rusty Dawson

Miel de Botton

Lucy Dickens

Philip Dodd

Lady Duff Gordon

Robyn Durie

Ingela Evans

Deborah Finkler

Mr and Mrs Rupert Gavin

Christopher Goodhart

Fiona Greenwood

Eleanor M. Hamilton

Mr Ian Hay Davison CBE

Mrs Patsy Hickman

Johanna Holmes and Victoria Stark

Lord and Lady Hollick

Gillian Humphreys

R.G. James

Sarah Jennings and Ron Else

Simon and Angela Jones

Professor Ludmilla Jordanova

Barbara Jotham

Mr Russell Julius and Ms Annabel Betz

Jackie Keane

Rebecca Kwee

Alastair Laing

Patrick J. Lee

Lady Lever

Fiona MacCarthy

Ms Anne B. Macfarlane

Barbara and Brian Maxwell

Colin McKenzie

Mrs Sophie Miller

Mrs Roula Milner

Mrs Irene Monios

Paul Montgomery

Ms Jane Moore

Lady Morton

Ms Lucy Moss

Jonathan Mussellwhite

Catherine Newman

Chris and Judy Plant

Dame Simone Prendergast

Jane Reed CBE

Mrs Stella Reeves

Clare Rich

Michael Rich

Ms Penny Sanders

Dudley Savill MBE

Professor Sara Selwood

Peter and Di Shaw

Mr and Mrs Limin Shi

Lois Sieff OBE

Mr Paul Simons

Tania Sless

Miss Angela Smith

Andrew Spells

Richard Stuart Smith

Lady Sandra Sullivan

Alison Swan Parente

Ian Taylor

Chloé Teacher

Jennifer Thorneycroft

Faye Tsiotou

Philip Turner

Carole Turner-Record

Anthony Vernon

Charles Villiers

Donna S. Vinter

Adam J. Wales

Ms Jane Walker

Ms Lynne Walker

Mrs Elizabeth Ware

Ms Joan Wellington

Zanna Wilford

Imelda Woodthorpe Browne

Dr and Mrs Michael Yates

Jonathan Yeo

David Zahn

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The Review covers the Gallery’s

activities from April 2010 to

March 2012.

Published by

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Project managed by Denise Vogelsang

Designed by Anne Sørensen

Printed by Tradewinds London

The National Portrait Gallery website

can be visited at www.npg.org.uk

The National Portrait Gallery is

recognised as an exempt charity

under the provisions of the

Charities Act 1993.

The National Portrait Gallery is a

Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB)

whose prime funder is the Department

for Culture, Media and Sport

Copyright

© National Portrait Gallery 2012

ISBN 9781855144712

All rights reserved. No part of this

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or otherwise, without prior permission

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All images are copyright of the

National Portrait Gallery unless

otherwise stated. The Gallery would

like to thank the copyright holders

for granting permission to reproduce

works in this publication.

Senior Management Team

Sandy Nairne

Director

Pim Baxter

Deputy Director and Director of

Communications and Development

Jacob Simon

Chief Curator and Deputy Director

(until September 2011)

Tarnya Cooper

Chief Curator (from October 2011)

and 16th Century Curator

Catharine MacLeod

17th Century Curator

Lucy Peltz


Peter Funnell 19th Century Curator and

Head of Research Programmes

Paul Moorhouse


Sarah Howgate

Contemporary Curator

Robert Carr-Archer

Director of Trading

Robin Francis

Head of Archive and Library

Nick Hanks

Director of Finance and Planning

Liz Smith

Director of Participation and Learning

Sarah Tinsley

Director of Exhibitions and Collections

Judith West

Director of Operations and Resources

For a full list of staff please visit

www.npg.org.uk

Front cover and above (top)

Anna Wintour

by Alex Katz, 2009

© Alex Katz, DACS, London/VAGA,

New York 2012; purchased with help

from the Art Fund

Back cover and above (bottom)

Anne of Denmark

by John De Critz the Elder,

c.1605–1610

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