Henry Tanworth Wells
(1828-1903), Miniature and portrait painterSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 107 portraits
Trained as an artist from a young age, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from the age of eighteen. He specialised in painting miniatures, but the development of photography rapidly made this form of artistic production obsolete, and he turned his attention to painting in oils. He exhibited his first oil portrait at the Royal Academy in 1861, became an associate five years later and was elected a full academician in 1870. Wells was chiefly known as the painter of groups of regiments and volunteers. He also produced about fifty crayon portraits of political and society figures. His best know work is Victoria Regina (1880), which depicts Princess Victoria receiving the news of her accession.
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, (1872)
NPG D20712
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, (1872)
NPG D18075
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1873 or after
NPG D20718
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1874 or after
NPG D20719
by Charles Holl, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1874 or after
NPG D9981
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1877 or after
NPG D20762
Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1878 or after
NPG D20720
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1878 or after
NPG D20721
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1878 or after
NPG D42012
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1878 or after
NPG D9944
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1879 or after
NPG D20722
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1879 or after
NPG D20723
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1879 or after
NPG D20724
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, after 1880
NPG D37286
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, after 1880
NPG D9833
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, circa 1881
NPG D20725
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1881 or after
NPG D20726
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1881 or after
NPG D20727
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1881 or after
NPG D37120
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1881 or after
NPG D9799
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