John Linnell
(1792-1882), PainterSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 70 portraits
John Linnell was a successful and much admired artist during his lifetime. He had a thriving portrait practice, but his real passion was always landscape painting. Largely self-taught, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1805, and he became a pupil of John Varley at around the same time. From 1807 to 1811, he exhibited oil paintings, mainly genre scenes and landscapes, at the Royal Academy and at the British Institution. From the late 1840s, he abandoned portraiture in favour of landscapes. Deeply religious, his work includes Biblical as well as English landscapes. Throughout his life, his work was much in demand and he became very prosperous.
by John Linnell
pencil, 1819
NPG 4523
by John Linnell
watercolour and pencil, circa 1820
NPG 5204
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
by John Linnell
watercolour on ivory, 1820
NPG 6594
replica by John Linnell
watercolour, 1861, based on a work of 1821
NPG 2146
by John Linnell
watercolour on ivory, 1824
NPG 3683
by John Linnell
pencil and red and white chalk, 1825-1850
NPG 1817
Peter King, 7th Baron King of Ockham
by John Linnell
oil on panel, 1832
NPG 4020
by John Linnell
oil on panel, 1833
NPG 1690
by John Linnell
chalk and pencil, 1834
NPG 672
attributed to John Linnell
oil on canvas, circa 1835-1840
NPG 1441
by John Linnell
chalk, 1836
NPG 1818
by John Linnell
pencil and crayon, 1839
NPG 1818b
by John Linnell
watercolour, 1839
NPG 1812
by John Linnell
watercolour, circa 1839
NPG 1813
by John Linnell
pencil, circa 1840
NPG 1815
by John Linnell
chalk, circa 1840
NPG 1814
by John Linnell
pencil and red and white chalk, 1841
NPG 1818a
by John Linnell
pencil and white chalk, circa 1852
NPG 1816
by John Linnell
oil on canvas, circa 1860
NPG 1811
published by Friedrich Bruckmann, after Charles Wentworth Wass, after John Linnell
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1875 (1838)
NPG x197176
by and published by John Linnell
etching, published May 1813
NPG D38285
by John Linnell
etching, 1814
NPG D16675
by Charles Penny, after John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1820
NPG D3150
by and published by John Linnell
etching, published March 1827
NPG D35841
by and published by John Linnell
etching, published March 1827
NPG D19930
by William Walker, after John Linnell
mezzotint, mid 19th century
NPG D36185
by Thomas Goff Lupton, after John Linnell
mezzotint, mid 19th century
NPG D42087
by and published for John Linnell, published by William Johnstone White
line engraving, published 2 May 1831 (date has been altered on the impression from the printed date 1 May)
NPG D34589
by and published by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1 March 1832
NPG D32538
by and published by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1 March 1832
NPG D19580
by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1833
NPG D32091
by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1833
NPG D32092
by John Linnell, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1833
NPG D16124
by John Linnell, published by Dominic Charles Colnaghi
mezzotint, published 1 August 1834
NPG D32850
by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1 January 1834 (1833)
NPG D38173
by and published for John Linnell, published by Dominic Charles Colnaghi
mezzotint, published 1 January 1834 (1833)
NPG D15408
by John Linnell, published by James Izzard
mixed-method engraving, published November 1835 (1835)
NPG D38269
by John Linnell
mezzotint, 1836 (1836)
NPG D37163
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.