The Royal Portrait Gallery
For 500 years, kings and queens have used paintings to show the world how powerful they are. These official paintings are called State Portraits, and they all follow the same rules.
Watch the video to discover these rules, then become an expert: label, compare and describe the portraits, and finish with your own royal portrait!
Queen Victoria's family (A2)
A queen, a prince and their five children in one famous painting.
- Meet the family Who's who in the painting? Find out, build the family tree and learn to say Victoria's, Albert's and Alice's the right way.
A visit to the National Portrait Gallery (A2/B1)
Famous faces, school trips and gallery rules in the heart of London.
- Watch, look and listen Join a school group in London's gallery of famous faces. Can you take photos? Can you touch the paintings? Watch and find out!
Read a State Portrait (A2)
Five steps, from Elizabeth I to King Charles III.
- Label, compare and describe the portraits Crown on the head or on a table? Find the symbols of power, then describe a king like an art expert.
- Vocabulary list Sceptre, orb, ermine... all the words you need to describe a royal portrait. Test yourself and hear how each one sounds!