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Detailed explanation-1: -Our collections present people of remarkable character and achievement. These Americans-artists, politicians, scientists, inventors, activists, and performers-form our national identity. They help us understand who we are and remind us of what we can aspire to be. Get to know us at the National Portrait Gallery.

Detailed explanation-2: -Victorian artist Graeme Drendel has won Australia’s richest portrait prize, the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2022 (DMNPP), for his painting of fellow artist Lewis Miller.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Founded in 1962 and opened to the public in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The National Portrait Gallery was formally established on 2 December 1856, and amongst its founder Trustees was Lord Ellesmere, a former Trustee of the National Gallery, who offered to the nation the so-called Chandos portrait of Shakespeare, which became the first picture to enter the Gallery’s collection.