National Portrait Gallery

Getting kicked out of the British Museum early meant I had some more 'gallery hours' daylight so headed off to the National Portrait gallery. As I suspected, the 1st half was pretty dry with portraits from 1500 to 1800. After that things started to get a little more interesting, and at least people you might know and understand.

It was informative to see just a whole gallery of portraits in a chronological order and how the genre has developed and grown. Having such a gallery would be such a gold mine for ideas and inspiration in ones own portraits. One day, if I ever get around to it, has given me some ideas for an Archibald Portrait entry ... time will tell.