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Hands on rails

by Sir George Hayter
pencil, circa 1820
NPG 2662(32)

Hands of Marchese di Spineto

by Sir George Hayter
pencil, circa 1830
NPG 2662(31)

Sir Thomas Lawrence

by Unknown artist
plaster cast of right hand, 1830
NPG 1634a

Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Robert Browning

by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
bronze cast of clasped hands, 1853
NPG 3165

'Study of Hands'

by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, circa 1854
NPG P2011(48)

Thomas Carlyle

by Domenico Brucciani, after Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of hands, 1875
NPG 1623

William Ewart Gladstone

by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2312

Frederick Delius

by Ernest Procter
pencil, 1929
NPG 4975(2)

Frederick Delius

by Ernest Procter
pencil, 1929
NPG 4975(3)

Frederick Delius

by Ernest Procter
pencil, 1929
NPG 4975(4)

Frederick Delius

by Ernest Procter
pencil, 1929
NPG 4975(6)

Margot Fonteyn

by Angus McBean
bromide print, 1951
NPG P894

Jane Birkin

by David Bailey
bromide print, March 1969
NPG P950

P.J. Harvey

by Mario Sorrenti
digital colour print, 1995
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P1275

Nicola Adams

by Kate Peters
chromogenic print, 2012
NPG P1831

Jessica Ennis-Hill

by Kate Peters
chromogenic print, 2012
NPG P1832

Mo Farah

by Kate Peters
chromogenic print, 2012
NPG P1833

Chris Hoy

by Kate Peters
chromogenic print, 2012
NPG P1834

'Mask Masked' (Gillian Wearing)

by Gillian Wearing
fabric mask, wax sculpture, steel rod and wooden base, 2020
On display in Room 32 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L290

Bessie Clayton

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 April 1911
NPG x101900

Bessie Clayton

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 18 April 1911
NPG x101901

Andrée Lafayette and Creighton Hale in 'Trilby'

by Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 25 February 1924
NPG x137591

Lee Miller (''The Necklace')

by Man Ray
photogravure, 1929
NPG x137148

Lee Miller

by Man Ray
photogravure, 1929
NPG x137150

Guy Frederic Marriner

by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1930
NPG Ax2345

Lee Miller

by Man Ray
photogravure, 1930
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137149

Jacqueline Goddard

by Man Ray
photogravure, 1930
NPG x137151

Jacqueline Goddard

by Man Ray
photogravure, 1930
NPG x137152

'Neck' (Lee Miller)

by Man Ray, by Lee Miller
photogravure, 1930
NPG x137574

Jock Roberts

by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, 1930s
NPG Ax183863

SKF Ball Bearings advertisement montage

by Howard Coster
photomontage, 1930s
NPG x10677

Diana Gould, later Lady Menuhin (Weingarten corsets)

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1933
NPG x220262

Stockings

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x221992

Stockings

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x221993

Stockings

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x221994

Stockings

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x221995

Stockings

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1937
NPG x221996

Nefertiti

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222006

Tattoo

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222013

Nefertiti

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222004

Nefertiti

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222005

Tattoo

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222014

Tattoo

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222015

Tattoo

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222016

Tattoo

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222018

Tattoo

by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1938
NPG x222019

H. G. Wells

by Wolfgang Suschitzky
gelatin silver print, December 1939
NPG x200772

'Surreal study'

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1940
NPG x133323

Berto Pasuka

by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, circa 1946
NPG Ax183875

Berto Pasuka

by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, circa 1946
NPG Ax183878

Berto Pasuka

by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, circa 1946
NPG Ax183874

Frank Salisbury

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76065

Berto Pasuka

by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, 1947
NPG Ax183882

Edward Brian Seago

by (Edward) Russell Westwood
bromide print, 1952
NPG x35235

Mira Hamermesh

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1964
NPG x132552

Joe Orton

by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1965
NPG x38490

Mick Jagger

by Cecil Beaton
chromogenic print, 9 October 1968
NPG x34552

Bobby Moore with locals on the beach

by Monte Fresco, for Daily Mirror
bromide print, 21 July 1971
NPG x199771

Rebecca Fraser

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, mid 1970s
NPG x126923

Anthony Sobers

by Ida Kar
vintage print, 22 August 1974
NPG x134110