Sydney Prior Hall
(1842-1922), Portrait painter and illustratorSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 152 portraits
Hall was one of the leading reportage artists of the later Victorian period. He joined The Graphic shortly after its foundation in 1869, having decided on a career as an artist while at Oxford. He immediately established his name with a series of vivid drawings made at the front during the Franco-Prussian war. As The Art Journal commented, his drawings of the Parnell Commission were among his finest achievements in the medium of graphic journalism: 'he was in court the whole time, busy with a swift revealing pencil which missed no turn of affairs'.
Robert Threshie Reid, Earl Loreburn
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1875-1900
NPG 2301
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2333
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2334
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2387
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2329
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2378
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2320
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2340
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2341
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2346
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2377
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2347
Owen Lewis Cope Williams and others
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1875-1900
NPG 2291
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1878-1879
NPG 2379
The Duke and Duchess of Teck receiving officers of the Indian Contingent, 1882
by Sydney Prior Hall
oil on canvas, 1883
NPG 4441
The three daughters of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
by Sydney Prior Hall
oil on canvas, 1883
NPG 4471
Leonard Henry Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith; John O'Connor
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1886
NPG 2321
Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1886
NPG 2376
Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1886
NPG 2326
Charles Bradlaugh; John Bright
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1887
NPG 2332
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.