National Portrait Gallery: History, Objectives, Stakeholders, and Sustainability

National Portrait Gallery

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
National portrait gallery in turn is considered to be as an art gallery which includes
collection of portraits of famous British people (Perry, 2018). This study will highlight on
providing a complete overview related with the history of National Portrait gallery. Furthermore,
this study also demonstrates about the complete understanding of the trends, objectives, financial
operations and sustainability project at National portrait gallery. Additionally, this report
structure will also focus on identifying the various key stake holders associated with the National
portrait gallery.
TASK 1
Overview
National portrait gallery is an art gallery which includes collection of portraits of famous
British people. It is located in London and portrays all historically important things in the gallery
(Florance, 2018). National portrait gallery tends to hold the most inclusive collection of portraits
across the world. This was the first portrait gallery in the globe when it was opened in the year
1856. The collection within the National portrait gallery mainly includes caricatures,
photographs, sculptures, drawings and paintings. One of the best known painting of the National
portrait gallery is of Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare. This is considered to be the only
national museum who tends to focus on developing British identity, impact and influence people
and also tends to focus on marking the culture and history of the country. It is considered to be as
the home of world's largest collection of portraits. The organizational structure of the National
Portrait Gallery board mainly comprise of Chief Executive Officer, Foundation manager,
directors, senior curator, registrar and directors.
History
The key three people who in turn are largely responsible for the founding of the National
Portrait Gallery mainly comprise of Philip Henry Stanhope, Thomas Babington and Thomas
Carlyle (Hwang, 2017). Philip Henry Stanhope who was the MP in 1846, in turn has proposed
the idea associated with National Portrait Gallery. In the year 1856, the House of Lords in turn
has accepted the proposal.
Strategic objective
The key objective of the National Portrait Gallery is to effectively develop, maintain,
preserve and promote the national collection of portraits. Further, it also promotes various other