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Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS SESQ-RAS SESQ/10-RAS SESQ/10/10
Publication status
Published
Level of description
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Extent and medium
1 item typed
Date(s)
- 1969 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
_National Portrait Gallery_
(1856 -)
Biographical history
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square, and adjoining the National Gallery. The gallery is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Roy Strong, National Portrait Gallery, to C.F. Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform him that the gallery would be interested in holding a historical exhibition on British travellers in the East. He will write again if this is achievable, dated 8 April 1969.
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Language of material
- English
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