Pen
A drawing tool used with ink to produce fine line drawings. Examples include dip pens with a variety of nibs, fountain pens, technical pens which draw consistently even lines, and fibre tips in which the ink flows smoothly in a thin line.
James Jefferys
by James Jefferys
circa 1774-1775
NPG 4669
A Bravura at the Hanover Square Concert
by John Nixon
1789
NPG 5179
Sir George Scharf
by Sir George Scharf
1869
NPG 5344
William Ewart Gladstone
by Phil May
1893
NPG 2819
Chateau Dieppe
by George Estall
late 19th century
NPG D23170
Lewis Carroll; Harry Furniss
by Harry Furniss
before 1901
NPG 3567
Arthur David Waley
by Edmund Dulac
circa 1915
NPG 6598
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge
by Powys Evans
1923
NPG 6794
Gaby Deslys as The Charm of Paris in 'New Aladdin'
by Cecil Beaton
circa 1930
NPG D3613
Erno Goldfinger
by Eileen Agar
1938
NPG 6099
Charles Ginner
by Charles Ginner
1940s
NPG 4992
National Portrait Gallery Extension
by Michael Heath
2000
NPG D21631