George Frederic Watts
(1817-1904), Painter and sculptor; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter in 43 portraits
Artist associated with 93 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 the actress Ellen Terry, 1864 (separated 1865), and secondly the artist and ceramicist Mary Fraser Tytler, 1886.
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1847
NPG 1010
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1850-1851
NPG 1016
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1851
NPG 895
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1852
NPG 3787
by George Frederic Watts
black chalk, circa 1852
NPG 1006
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1852
NPG 2635
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1853
NPG 2059
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt
by George Frederic Watts
coloured chalk, circa 1855
NPG 3076
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1856-1857
NPG 685
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1856-1857
NPG 684
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1859
NPG 1126
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, circa 1860
NPG 1263
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, circa 1860
NPG 5087
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 1005
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 683
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 1012
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1863
NPG 1324
by George Frederic Watts
oil on strawboard mounted on Gatorfoam, 1864
NPG 5048
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john Andrewartha
20 November 2019, 16:32
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
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