Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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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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Coordinates: 55°57′19.5″N, 3°11′36.9″W

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