George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sitter in 40 portraits
Artist associated with 85 portraits
Painter; won premiums at Westminster Palace Competitions, 1842 and 1847; visited Italy, 1843-7; his large allegorical works on universal themes appealed deeply to the Victorians, and he was considered to be the greatest English artist of his age; RA, 1867; married Ellen Terry, 1864 (separated 1865), and secondly Mary Fraser Tytler, 1886.
by Alexander Bassano
albumen print, 23 November 1883
NPG x9054
by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after Frank Dudman, for Joseph Parkin Mayall
photogravure, circa 1883; published 1884
NPG Ax27825
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, 1885; published 1893
NPG Ax29137
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
albumen print on card, 1885
On display in Room 26 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x20030
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1889
NPG x127493
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1890s
NPG x27297
possibly by Thomas Donovan & Co
platinotype cabinet card, 1890
NPG x27296
by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print, circa 1889; published 1892
On display in Room 26 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x7399
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1893
NPG x19020
by Emery Walker Ltd, after George Andrews
photogravure, published 1912 (6 June 1895)
NPG x27301
by George Andrews
bromide print on card mount, 6 June 1895
NPG x19021
by George Andrews
bromide print, February 1896
NPG x35396
by Ernest Herbert ('E.H.') Mills, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1900
NPG x27299
by Alphonse Legros
drypoint, circa 1879
NPG D32232
after John Caswall Smith
relief halftone, before 1899
NPG D32140
by Mortimer Luddington Menpes
drypoint, circa 1900
NPG D32233
by Edward Steichen
photogravure, 1900
On display in Room 26 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P168
by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print on card mount, circa 1889; published 1892
NPG x27300
Key to Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
after Henry Jamyn Brooks
photograph, 1919 or after
NPG D42236
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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