"Welcome! Come in, Ladies and Gentlemen! Glad to give you a decent roof over your heads at last!"

Linley Sambourne

Wood engraving

Punch (13 April 1896): 170

The New National Portrait Gallery was opened to the public on Saturday, 4 April 1896.

Britannia stands surrounded by portraits of Shakspeare, Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth I, Benjamin Disraeli, etc.

Scanned image by Jacqueline Banerjee. Text by Banerjee and George P. Landow. Mouse over the text for links.

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