SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

The 'Scottish National Portrait Gallery' is an art gallery on Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. It holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. In addition it also holds the Scottish National Photography Collection. It is a red sandstone Gothic revival building, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and built between 1885 and 1890, and modelled on the Doges Palace in Venice.
Its collection includes:

Robert Burns by Alexander Naysmyth

John Byrne by himself

Robbie Coltrane by John Byrne

Sean Connery by John Bellany

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton by Daniel Mytens

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton by Oskar Kokoschka

Alex Ferguson by David Mach

David Hume by Allan Ramsay

Walter Scott by Henry Raeburn

Adam Smith by James Tassie

Mary, Queen of Scots Several

Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) Several

Tilda Swinton by John Byrne
It was established by newspaper magnate John Ritchie Findlay, owner of ''The Scotsman'', who presented it to the nation. It opened in 1889.

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National Galleries of Scotland

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