Ancestry updates UK, Portraits and Photographs, 1547-2018

There are now 156,917 entries in Ancestry’s UK, Portraits and Photographs, 1547-2018 database.

Sourced from The National Portrait Gallery (UK) this collection contains portraits in a variety of mediums, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, drawings and prints. Early works are primarily those of importance to British culture and history — nobility and political figures. Later entries can be from a wider range, notably the arts and sport. There are even 47 entries for meteorologists – 10 for one person.

You can also search by the artist who created the work.

Explore further at the website of the New National Portrait Gallery.

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