中文简介：

本书为了庆祝英国国家肖像画廊在三年重建计划后重新开放而出版。由丹妮拉·罗查（Daniela Rocha）设计，本书引人入胜，带领读者穿越英国历史上的肖像画之旅，介绍了英国从都铎王朝到现代的知名人物，如伊丽莎白一世女王、玛丽·西科尔、弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫和大卫·鲍伊等。本书插图丰富，包括精美的绘画、照片、雕塑、素描和数字作品。读者将欣赏到从收藏品中选出的精美肖像画，并伴有简短的章节介绍，介绍关键的历史时期、重要人物，以及其重要历史、政治、社会和文化时刻。导演尼古拉斯·库里南（Nicholas Cullinan）博士的介绍将强调肖像画在历史上对人们和社会具有根本意义，探讨文化、身份和多样性的表现等主题。此外，本书还介绍了英国新近开放的国家肖像画廊，解释它如何成为国家的肖像馆和世界上最重要的人物收藏。

英文简介：

National Portrait Gallery: The Collection is published to celebrate the reopening of the Gallery after a three-year redevelopment project. Designed by Daniela Rocha, this engaging and inviting book takes the reader on a chronological journey through Britain's history in portraiture, from the Tudors to Now, featuring the country's most impactful and famous individuals, from Queen Elizabeth I to Mary Seacole, and Virginia Woolf to David Bowie. The book is richly illustrated with beautiful paintings, photographs, sculptures, drawings and digital works.

Readers will enjoy a selection of the most popular and recognisable portraits from the Collection, accompanied by short chapter introductions that introduce key historical periods, their most exciting figures, and their most important historical, political, social and cultural moments. This accessible structure allows the reader to dip into any of the beautiful portraits and their stories, and understand their place in British history.

An Introduction by Director Dr. Nicholas Cullinan will highlight why portraiture has been fundamental to people and society historically, but also to contemporary audiences, by exploring themes of culture, identity and the representation of diversity. This will also introduce readers to the nation's newly-reopened National Portrait Gallery, explaining how it came to be the nation's home of portraits and the world's most significant Collection of people.