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.
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1881
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1315
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1881
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1049
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1882
NPG 1349
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 1007
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1887
NPG 2893
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1891
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1750
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1893
NPG 1003
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1893
NPG 1543
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1894
NPG 3958
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1894-1895
NPG 1276
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1895
NPG 2194
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon and 3rd Earl de Grey
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1895
NPG 1553
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 1407
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 1744
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders Petrie
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1900
NPG 3959
published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (1850-1852)
NPG Ax199213
published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (circa 1853)
NPG Ax199214
Virginia Somers-Cocks (née Pattle), Countess Somers
by Unknown photographer, after George Frederic Watts
albumen print, mid 1850s
NPG x199698
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john Andrewartha
20 November 2019, 16:32
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
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