National Portrait Gallery of Scotland ( Eng. Scottish National Portrait Gallery ) - Art Gallery in Edinburgh .
| National Portrait Gallery of Scotland | |
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| Scottish National Portrait Gallery | |
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| Founding date | 1889 |
| opening date | closed until 2011 |
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| Location | |
| Address | Edinburgh |
| Visitors per year | |
| Site | nationalgalleries.org/po… |
The exposition of the gallery consists mainly of portraits of famous Scots - rulers, national heroes, poets , revolutionaries and other historical figures. For example, the gallery features portraits of the poet Robert Burns , actor Sean Connery , the philosopher David Hume , the writer Walter Scott , Queen Mary Stuart, and others.
The gallery building in the neo-gothic style was built in 1885-1890 by the design of Robert Rowand Anderson . From April 2009 until the end of 2011 the gallery is closed for restoration. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Visitor Figures 2015 // The Art Newspaper - 2016. - Iss. 278. - ISSN 0960-6556
- ↑ National Galleries of Scotland - Visit (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is May 11, 2010. Archived on March 13, 2010.
Links
- Official page (eng.) (Fr.) (It.) (Ital.)
- History and architecture