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1818 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Costumes and national dress'
A selection of portraits in which sitters are seen to be wearing cultural, traditional, indigenous attire. See also: 'Hats and headattire', 'In Character' (Dress) and 'Film-shots and sage sets' (Theme).
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1685
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
NPG 4033
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu with her son, Edward Wortley Montagu, and attendants
attributed to Jean Baptiste Vanmour
oil on canvas, circa 1717
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3924
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
by Joseph Highmore
oil on canvas, 1740
NPG 1977
Indian in his war dress and blanket
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink and watercolour, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(70)
The Audience of the Grand Signor (A Sultan of Turkey receiving a British Ambassador)
by Unknown artist, associated with Francis Smith, and Robert Pranker
watercolour and bodycolour, circa 1755-1765
NPG 3797
by Matthew William Peters
oil on canvas, 1775
NPG 4573
Mai (Omai), Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander
by William Parry
oil on canvas, circa 1775-1776
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6652
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1776
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7153
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Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh
by Ozias Humphry
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1786
On display in Room 5 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7126
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replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1835, based on a work of 1813
NPG 142
Mary English (née Ballard, later Greenup)
by William Armfield Hobday
oil on canvas, 1818
On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6964
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1819
NPG 6088
attributed to William Brockedon
oil on canvas, circa 1820
NPG 829
by Lalogero di Bernadis
oil on canvas, 1820
NPG 4327
by John Jackson
oil on canvas, 1821
NPG 1503
Claudine de Begnis (née Ronzi)
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pencil, circa 1823
NPG 1328