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Room 12
The Arts in the later 18th Century
This large room covers a rich period in British arts. At one end of the room there are two triple portraits of leading figures of the Royal Academy, marking the creation of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768. The two long walls are dominated by a full-length portrait of George Frideric Handel and David and Eva Maria Garrick and a full-length portrait of Sarah Siddons on the wall opposite. There are numerous self-portraits by the most famous artists of the day, including Ramsay, Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Barry and Mary Moser.
35 portraits on display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
by John Michael Rysbrack
marble bust, 1730
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5854
by Allan Ramsay
oil on canvas, circa 1737-1739
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3311
after Louis François Roubiliac
marble bust, (circa 1741)
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4982
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1747-1749
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 41
by John Lewis
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1753
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5729
by Thomas Hudson
oil on canvas, 1756
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3970
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1756-1757
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1597
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1756-1757
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6520
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1758-1759
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4446
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1760
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5019
by Nathaniel Hone
oil on canvas, 1765
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2354
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, circa 1766
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1891
James Barry; Dominique Lefevre; James Paine the Younger
by James Barry
oil on canvas, circa 1767
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 213
attributed to George Willison
oil on canvas, circa 1770-1775
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2953
studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1770 or later
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 130
by George Romney
oil on canvas, circa 1770-71
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6641
David Garrick; Eva Maria Garrick (née Veigel)
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1772-1773
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5375
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1773
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3938
Catharine Macaulay (née Sawbridge)
by Robert Edge Pine
oil on canvas, circa 1775
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5856
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, (1776)
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5557
Agostino Carlini; Francesco Bartolozzi; Giovanni Battista Cipriani
by John Francis Rigaud
oil on canvas, 1777
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3186
Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol
by Christopher Hewetson
marble bust, circa 1778
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3895
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1778
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 59
by Johan Joseph Zoffany
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L169
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1781
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3884
by George Stubbs
enamel on Wedgwood plaque, 1781
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4575
Sir William Chambers; Joseph Wilton; Sir Joshua Reynolds
by John Francis Rigaud
oil on canvas, 1782
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 987
by Joseph Wright
oil on canvas, circa 1782-1785
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4090
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1782
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5340
Frances d'Arblay ('Fanny Burney')
by Edward Francisco Burney
oil on canvas, circa 1784-1785
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2634
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1784
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3253
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1785
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4452
Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury; Mrs Thrale)
by Unknown Italian artist
oil on canvas, 1785-1786
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4942
by Gilbert Stuart
oil on canvas, 1785
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 693
Sarah Siddons (née Kemble) ('Mrs Siddons with the Emblems of Tragedy')
by Sir William Beechey
oil on canvas, 1793
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5159
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