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Room 12
The Arts in the later 18th Century
This large room covers a rich period in British arts. At one end of the room there are two triple portraits of leading figures of the Royal Academy, marking the creation of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768. The two long walls are dominated by a full-length portrait of George Frideric Handel and David and Eva Maria Garrick and a full-length portrait of Sarah Siddons on the wall opposite. There are numerous self-portraits by the most famous artists of the day, including Ramsay, Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Barry and Mary Moser.
35 portraits on display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
by John Michael Rysbrack
marble bust, 1730
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5854
by Allan Ramsay
oil on canvas, circa 1737-1739
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3311
after Louis François Roubiliac
marble bust, (circa 1741)
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4982
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1747-1749
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 41
by John Lewis
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1753
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5729
by Thomas Hudson
oil on canvas, 1756
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3970
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1756-1757
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1597
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1756-1757
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6520
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1758-1759
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4446
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1760
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5019
by Nathaniel Hone
oil on canvas, 1765
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2354
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, circa 1766
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1891
James Barry; Dominique Lefevre; James Paine the Younger
by James Barry
oil on canvas, circa 1767
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 213
attributed to George Willison
oil on canvas, circa 1770-1775
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2953
studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1770 or later
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 130
by George Romney
oil on canvas, circa 1770-71
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6641
David Garrick; Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel)
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1772-1773
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5375
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1773
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3938
Catharine Macaulay (née Sawbridge)
by Robert Edge Pine
oil on canvas, circa 1775
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5856
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, (1776)
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5557
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