John Ruskin (1819-1900), Writer, artist and social reformer
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sitter in 72 portraits
Art critic, artist and social reformer; one of the great thinkers and critics of the Victorian period, whose writings profoundly influenced attitudes to art, architecture and aesthetics; published 'Modern Painters', 1843-60, 'Seven Lamps of Architecture', 1849, and 'Stones of Venice' 1851-3; later turned to social and political problems, advocating socialistic reforms; keenly interested in science and an accomplished watercolourist. His unfinished autobiography, Praeterita is a highly selective account, and a radically different approach to autobiography, intended as an 'informal assemblage of memories'.
by James Northcote
oil on linen, 1822
On display at Brantwood, Coniston
NPG 5973
by George Richmond
black and white chalk, circa 1857
NPG 1058
by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
albumen print, 6 March 1875
NPG P50
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
watercolour, 1879
NPG 1336
by T.A. & J. Green
platinum print, 1880s
NPG P327
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1881
NPG 1053
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pencil, circa 1886
NPG 3035
by Conrad Dressler
bronze bust, 1888
NPG 2030
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1833
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x12957
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax7533
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG Ax14797
William Bell Scott; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; John Ruskin
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG x12959
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG x12958
William Bell Scott; John Ruskin; Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 29 June 1863
NPG x128797
William Bell Scott; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; John Ruskin
by William Downey, for W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 29 June 1863
NPG Ax38133
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x13291
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x13290
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, (1867)
NPG x35909
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x129558
by Elliott & Fry, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG Ax39887
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG Ax18217
by Elliott & Fry, published by John C. Murdoch
carbon carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x46581
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1869
NPG Ax17821
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1869
NPG x13292
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1869
NPG x29554
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, possibly after Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
albumen cabinet card, 3 June 1875
NPG x29187
by Unknown artist, published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132900
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 August 1882
NPG x38849
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 August 1882
NPG x13293
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, April 1882
NPG x1372
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, April 1882
NPG x13289
by Elliott & Fry
photogravure, published February 1919 (9 August 1882)
NPG x13296
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 9 August 1882
NPG x134494
by and after Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, (1882)
NPG x81995
by and after Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, (1882)
NPG x81996
by Frederick Warne & Co, after Herbert Rose Barraud
photogravure, (May-June 1885)
NPG x36243
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, May-June 1885
NPG x1513
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, May-June 1885
NPG x38841
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Richard Bentley & Son
carbon print, May-June 1885; published 1888
NPG Ax5407
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd, after Herbert Rose Barraud
postcard print, 1900s (May-June 1885)
NPG x26520
by John McClelland, or by Percy Lund & Co
half-plate glass negative, summer 1891
NPG x12189
by Elliott & Fry
carbon print, published Saturday 27 June 1891 (1882)
NPG x13294
Joan Severn (née Agnew); Arthur Severn; John Ruskin
by John McClelland, or by Percy Lund & Co
bromide print, summer 1891
NPG x39718
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, summer 1892
NPG x12175
John Ruskin; Joan Severn (née Agnew)
by John McClelland
bromide print, summer 1892
NPG x39720
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, circa 1893
NPG x12176
John Ruskin; Joan Severn (née Agnew)
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, circa 1893
NPG x12177
John Ruskin; Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt
by Sarah Angelina Acland, published by George Allen
photogravure, 1 August 1893
NPG x13297
by Sarah Angelina Acland
platinum print, 1 August 1893
NPG x5588
after Charles Philip McCarthy
photogravure postcard print, (May 1894)
NPG x5101
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 14 February 1895
NPG x12174
John Ruskin, Joan Severn (née Agnew), Peter Baxter and other members of Ruskin's household
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 14 February 1895
NPG x12188
by John McClelland
cabinet card, 14 February 1895
NPG x13295
John Ruskin, Joan Severn (née Agnew), Peter Baxter and other members of Ruskin's household
by John McClelland
modern bromide print, 14 February 1895
NPG x39717
by John McClelland
bromide print, 14 February 1895
NPG x39719
after John McClelland
postcard print, 17 July 1897
NPG x38850
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12179
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12180
by John McClelland
half-plate glass negative, 25 July 1898
NPG x12181
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Armitt Collection, Ambleside, Cumbria
Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria
Ruskin Library, Lancaster University
Ruskin Museum, Coniston, Cumbria
The Ruskin Gallery, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, North Yorkshire
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