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The Gallery has this year the opportunity to acquire four exceptional portraits for the Collection: Lady Dacre and her son by Hans Eworth - an outstanding and well preserved Tudor portrait; Sir Richard Arkwright by Joseph Wright of Derby - a towering figure in the British Industrial Revolution; Mary Seacole by Albert Challen - a remarkable individual in terms of 19th-century army healthcare; and finally Marc Quinn's Self - the latest of the artist's self-portrait images, created out of his own blood and then frozen.

While the Gallery is familiar with raising extra resources for one special portrait at a time, as with the successful appeals for the portraits of John Donne in 2006 and John Fletcher in 2007, these four potential acquisitions pose a great challenge for us. We have some funding already secured including generous support from The Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity, and contributions from the Gallery's Portrait Fund, and we are making applications to appropriate external bodies. However, this will leave us with a shortfall and we need substantial help to ensure that we secure these important works for the nation.

Sandy Nairne, Director

Donations of all sizes are welcome online or by contacting Emma Black, Individual Giving Manager, on 020 7312 2444 or eblack@npg.org.uk. For further information on these portraits, please contact Jacob Simon, Chief Curator, on 020 7312 2416 or jsimon@npg.org.uk.

Please help us secure these remarkable portraits

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