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King Edward VI and the Pope

by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1575
NPG 4165

Unknown man, formerly known as James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1640s
NPG 1566

Peg Woffington

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1758
NPG 650

John Horne Tooke

by John Raphael Smith
pastel, exhibited 1811
NPG 6727

Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers

by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
NPG 6203

Unknown scene: invalid in bed with three female visitors

by Henry Tonks
pen and ink, circa 1900-1932
NPG 3072(1a)

Robert Falcon Scott

by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 7 October 1911
NPG P23

Princess Anne; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; Queen Elizabeth II; King Charles III; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, March 1960
NPG P1480

Sir John Clermont Witt

by Lord Snowdon
bromide print, 10 December 1963
NPG P797(53)

Mary McCartney; Paul McCartney

by Linda McCartney
platinum print, 1969
NPG P576

Agatha Christie; Sir Max Mallowan

by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1969
NPG P771

Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich)

by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1977
NPG P1223

Zandra Rhodes

by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 23 June 1977
NPG P1241

Quentin Crisp

by David Gamble
colour print, 1986
NPG P631

Isabel Colegate

by Sally Soames
bromide print, 1988
NPG P639

Elizabeth (née Harman), Countess of Longford; Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford

by Lucy Willis
oil on canvas, 1993
NPG 6210

R.B. Kitaj ('Self-Portrait: Hockney Pillow')

by R.B. Kitaj
oil on canvas, 1993-1994
NPG 6791

Wendy Diane Savage (née Edwards)

by Julia Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1997
NPG P751(17)

John Randall Bratby

by Lord Snowdon
bromide print
NPG P797(7)

Post-mortem portrait of unknown woman

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, circa 1862
NPG Ax59189

Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)

by Walery
carbon print, published December 1894
NPG x197330

Mrs Patrick Campbell and an unknown woman

by Alfred Ellis
bromide print, circa 1899
NPG x197922

Queen Victoria on her deathbed

possibly by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
bromide print, 1901
NPG x38281

Lady Ottoline Morrell ('Hôtel des Bains, the Lido')

by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, September 1908
NPG Ax140063

John Bruce Glasier

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x16384

Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger and Gerard John Regis Leo d'Erlanger

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print; printing-out paper print, circa 1910
NPG Ax105745

Cecil Beaton

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x40410

Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell)

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1913
NPG Ax140383

Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell)

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1913
NPG Ax140384

Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell)

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1913
NPG Ax140385

'Lady Cornwall's bedroom'

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 17 March 1919
NPG x154365

Bernard Berenson; Mary Berenson (née Smith)

by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, circa 1920
NPG Ax161102

Conrad Veidt; Felicitas Radke

by Unknown photographer, published by Ross-Verlag
matte bromide postcard print, 1920s
NPG x139837

George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood; Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

by Speaight Ltd
bromide print, 1923
NPG x199610

Hon. Gerald David Lascelles; Henry George Charles Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood; George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood; Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood

by Speaight Ltd
bromide print, 1924
NPG x199609

T.E. Lawrence

by Dennis Raymond Morris
glossy bromide print, 10 December 1925
NPG x12415

'Mummy's bed at Amerongen'

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142147

Queen Elizabeth II when Princess Elizabeth of York

by Speaight Ltd
chlorobromide print, May 1926
NPG x199598

Lady Ottoline Morrell

possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, early 1926
NPG Ax142462

Jean Cocteau

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x40060

Cecil Beaton

possibly by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene
bromide print, 1930
NPG x40422

Siegfried Sassoon; Hester Sassoon (née Gatty)

by Unknown photographer
velox snapshot print, mid 1930s
NPG x46006

Siegfried Sassoon; Hester Sassoon (née Gatty) and an unknown woman

by Unknown photographer
velox snapshot print, mid 1930s
NPG x46007

Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox on the set of 'The Queen's Affair'

by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 7 November 1933
NPG x135052

Sir Ralph Richardson and Jessie Matthews on the set of 'Friday the Thirteenth'

by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, circa 1933
NPG x184049

Cecil Beaton

by Baron George Hoyningen-Huene
vintage bromide print, November 1933
NPG x40421

'Four Generations'

by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, 1935
NPG Ax161209

Bernard Berenson; Roger Hultin; Mary Berenson (née Smith)

by Unknown photographer
matte bromide postcard print, 1935
NPG Ax161223

Maltilda Fischer; Richard Crossman

by Harold Tomlin, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 23 April 1937
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x88297

Vivien Leigh as Libby and Charles Laughton as Charles Staggers in 'St Martin's Lane'

by Unknown photographer
vintage film still, 1938
NPG x139797

Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1938-1959
NPG Ax105840

Margaret Lockwood in 'A Girl Must Live'

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1939
NPG x194477

Willy Birgel and Zarah Leander in 'The Heart of a Queen'

by Ufa-Lindner
halftone reproduction, 1940
NPG x139765

Cecil Beaton

by Derek Adkins
matte bromide print, 1940s
NPG x40439

Cecil Beaton

by Derek Adkins
vintage bromide print, 1940s
NPG x40440

Cecil Beaton

by Derek Adkins
vintage bromide print, 1940s
NPG x40441

Vivien Leigh as Lady Hamilton in 'That Hamilton Woman'

by Robert Coburn, or by Laszlo Willinger
bromide print, 1941
NPG x128515

Alicia Markova

by Hugh Broderick
vintage print, circa 1942
NPG x194291

Cecil Beaton

by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print, 15 May 1942
NPG x40534

Sir Stanley Spencer

by William MacQuitty
bromide fibre print, 1943
NPG x34806