Opening of the Lord Duveen Annexe to the National Portrait Gallery Portrait Print

Opening of the Lord Duveen Annexe to the National Portrait Gallery NPG 5943

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir John Lavery

The Duveen wing of the National Portrait Gallery was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 30th March 1933. The project was financed by the art dealer and benefactor Sir Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), who wished to relieve what he saw as the 'inartistic crowding' in the existing galleries. This sketch was presented to Lord Duveen by the artist Sir John Lavery as a commemorative gift, and shows the ceremony held in the Wolfson Gallery on the ground floor. The wing, designed by... more

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