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- subject matching 'Events and occasions'
A selection of portraits depicting special or important events and occasions. See also: 'Processions' (Theme).
The Somerset House Conference, 1604
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 1604
On display in Room 4 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 665
The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605
by Crispijn de Passe the Elder
engraving, circa 1605
On display in Room 3 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 334a
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
by Jan Wyck
oil on canvas, circa 1675
On display in Room 7 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5376
Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter
by Peter Angelis
oil on canvas, circa 1725
On display at Kensington Palace, London
NPG 624
The Court of Chancery during the reign of George I
by Benjamin Ferrers
oil on canvas, circa 1725
NPG 798
by Philip Mercier
oil on canvas, 1733
NPG 1556
'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms'
by Gawen Hamilton
oil on canvas, 1735
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1384
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 1779-1781
NPG L146
by George Carter
gouache on millboard, 1784
NPG 1752
by Anton Hickel
oil on canvas, 1793-1795
NPG 745
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1833-1857
NPG 2772(28b)
The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1841
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 599
The Arctic Council planning a search for Sir John Franklin
by Stephen Pearce
oil on canvas, 1851
NPG 1208
Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers
by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
NPG 6203
The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale receiving the Wounded at Scutari
by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1857
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6202
The Funeral of Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink, 1860
NPG 2689
The Landing of HRH The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 7th March 1863
by Henry Nelson O'Neil
oil on canvas, 1864
NPG 5487
The Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864
by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen print, circa 1864
NPG P426
The Opening of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 1865
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1865
NPG 3083
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(3)
by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
NPG 4893
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869-1874
NPG 5116
by Alfred Edward Emslie
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 3845
The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
oil on canvas, published in Vanity Fair Christmas Supplement 1886
NPG 5256
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by George Henry Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820
Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892
by Reginald Cleaver
pen and ink, circa 1892
NPG 4245
Debate on the Indian Council Cotton Duties
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1895
NPG 2307
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Woodstock Town Hall
by Unknown photographer
gelatin printing-out paper print, April 1896
NPG P1700(23)
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - The Colonial Contingent
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(25a)
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - The Indian Contingent
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(26a)
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(27)
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - In front of St Paul's Cathedral
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
vintage print, 22 June 1897
NPG P1700(28)
Encaenia at the University of Oxford
by Unknown photographer
printing-out paper print, 21 June 1899
NPG P1700(43)
'Proclamation of King Edward VII at Oxford'
by Unknown photographer
printing-out paper print, 25 January 1901
NPG P1700(51)
Queen Victoria's funeral procession
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(52b)
Queen Victoria's funeral procession at Hyde Park Corner
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(53)
Royal mourners in Queen Victoria's funeral procession at Hyde Park Corner
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(54)
Queen Victoria's funeral procession entering Paddington Station
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(55)
Queen Victoria's funeral procession arriving at St George's Chapel, Windsor
possibly by James Russell & Sons
albumen print, 2 February 1901
NPG P1700(56)
The Education Bill in the House of Lords (The Collapse of the Archbishop of Canterbury)
by Sydney Prior Hall
watercolour, published in The Graphic 13 December 1902
NPG 2369
replica by Luke Fildes
oil on canvas, 1902-1912, based on a work of 1902
NPG 1691
The Coronation Procession of King Edward VII outside Horse Guards, Whitehall
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 9 August 1902
NPG P1700(63)
'The Crowned King & Queen Leaving the Abbey'
by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
printing-out paper print, 9 August 1902
NPG P1700(64)
The Homage-Giving: Westminster Abbey, 9th August, 1902
by John Henry Frederick Bacon
oil on canvas, 1903
NPG 6058
'Earthquake in Chile - Estacion Bellavista at Santiago'
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1906
NPG P1700(79a)
'Earthquake in Chile - Calle Salvador Donoso, Santiago'
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1906
NPG P1700(79b)
Franco-British Exhibition - White City
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1908
NPG P1700(87a)
Franco-British Exhibition - White City
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1908
NPG P1700(88b)
The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909
by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, 1909
NPG 2556
Lying in State of King Edward VII in Westminster Hall
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 17-19 May 1910
NPG P1700(96)
Sir Eugene Goossens and Richard Tauber rehearsing at The Prince's Theatre, Bristol, 1925
by Paule Vézelay
oil on canvas, 1925
NPG 6156
Opening of the Lord Duveen Annexe to the National Portrait Gallery
by Sir John Lavery
oil on board, 1933
NPG 5943