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 modelled on the Doges Palace in Venice.

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Art gallery - Edinburgh - Scotland - Portrait - Scottish National Photography Collection - Sandstone - Gothic revival - Robert Rowand Anderson - Doges Palace - Venice

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Its collection includes:

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• Robert Burns by Alexander Naysmyth
• John Byrne by himself
• Robbie Coltrane by John Byrne
• Sean Connery by John Bellany
• 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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John Ritchie Findlay - The Scotsman - 1889

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