Body colour

Watercolour which is mixed with white pigment to make it opaque. It is often used on drawings on tinted paper or watercolours to show the contrast with the transparency of pure watercolour (see also gouache)

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Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban, by Nicholas Hilliard, 1578 - NPG 6761 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban
by Nicholas Hilliard
1578
NPG 6761

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, circa 1587 - NPG 6241 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
attributed to Nicholas Hilliard
circa 1587
NPG 6241

John Wolcot, by Walter Stephens Lethbridge, 1817 - NPG 156 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

John Wolcot
by Walter Stephens Lethbridge
1817
NPG 156

Brook Taylor, probably by Louis Goupy, 1720 - NPG 1920 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Brook Taylor
probably by Louis Goupy
1720
NPG 1920

Joseph Farington, by James Nixon, 1765 - NPG 6306 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Joseph Farington
by James Nixon
1765
NPG 6306

James Bruce, by John Smart, 1776 - NPG 5008 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

James Bruce
by John Smart
1776
NPG 5008

Mary Anne Clarke (née Thompson), by Adam Buck, 1803 - NPG 2793 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Mary Anne Clarke (née Thompson)
by Adam Buck
1803
NPG 2793

Robert Southey, by Edward Nash, 1820 - NPG 4028 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Robert Southey
by Edward Nash
1820
NPG 4028

Joseph Duveen, Baron Duveen, by Dorothy Elaine Vicaji, 1920s? - NPG 6499 - © reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

Joseph Duveen, Baron Duveen
by Dorothy Elaine Vicaji
1920s?
NPG 6499

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