The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery on Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. It holds the national collections of portraits, all of which are of, but not necessarily by, Scots. In addition it also holds the Scottish National Photography Collection. It is a red sandstone Gothic revival building, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson and built between 1885 and 1890, and modelled on the Doges Palace in Venice. Its collection includes:
- Robert Burns by Alexander Naysmyth
- John Byrne by himself
- Robbie Coltrane by John Byrne
- Sean Connery by John Bellany
- James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton by Daniel Mytens
- Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton by Oskar Kokoschka
- Alex Ferguson by David Mach
- David Hume by Allan Ramsay
- Walter Scott by Henry Raeburn
- Adam Smith by James Tassie
- Mary, Queen of Scots Several
- Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) Several
- Tilda Swinton by John Byrne
It was established by newspaper magnate John Ritchie Findlay, owner of The Scotsman, who presented it to the nation. It opened in 1889.
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