Fact 274: When was Ed Sheeran's portrait unveiled in the National Portrait Gallery?

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Fact 274: When was Ed Sheeran's portrait unveiled in the National Portrait Gallery?



 Ed Sheeran, agreed to sit for the painting and the majority of the sitting for the portrait was in August 2015.
The portrait helpfully named Ed Sheeran was painted by the Belfast-based painter Colin Davidson. 
The portrait was unveiled on the 3rd May 2017.

You can find Ed Sheeran's portrait in Room 39, on the Ground Floor of the Lerner Contemporary Galleries in the National Portrait Gallery.


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