William Thomson, Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), Mathematician, physicist and inventor
Sitter in 25 portraits
Professor of Natural Philosophy, Glasgow, for over fifty years and a dominant figure in nineteenth-century physics; famous for many researches, notably in electro- and thermodynamics; introduced absolute temperature scale, its unit being named in his honour.
by Elizabeth King (née Thomson)
pencil, 1840
NPG 1708(f)
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1850s
NPG P1123
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3587
by Elizabeth King (née Thomson)
oil on canvas, 1886-1887
On display in Room 27 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1708
by Margaret May Giles (Mrs Jenkin)
plaster cast of wax medallion, circa 1890s-1907
NPG 1896a
by Margaret May Giles (Mrs Jenkin)
wax medallion, circa 1890s-1907
NPG 1896
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 29 April 1897
NPG 3005
Baron Kelvin with his brother and sister
by Agnes Gardner King
charcoal
NPG 1708(a)
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax18340
by Fergus
woodburytype, 1877
NPG x18986
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1899
NPG x127450
by Dickinson Brothers, published by Photographische Gesellschaft
photogravure, circa 1900
NPG x18987
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG x18984
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print, circa 1900
NPG x18985
by T. & R. Annan & Sons, after Elliott & Fry
photogravure, (1900)
NPG x18988
by Elliott & Fry
platinum print, 1900
NPG x18990
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax39819
probably after John Fergus
lithograph, 1870s
NPG D40446
by Thomas Hamilton Crawford, after Sir Hubert von Herkomer
mezzotint printed in colours, (1891)
NPG D36811
Kelvin Gallery, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland
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