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9500 Portraits in set: Macdonnell Collection
Dictionary of National Biography re-bound in 73 folio volumes, extra-illustrated throughout with 7,000 engraved portraits, plus 10 boxes of additional engravings. The collection is particularly rich in 18th and 19th century prints. The volumes also contain a number of drawings, some of them original portraits of some consequence. The collection was compiled by the 20th century print collector J.H. MacDonnell and his manuscript index of sitters is bound in a separate volume. Purchased in 1966, with the aid of the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust.
Laurence Hensell; Margaret Goldwell; John Goldwell
by Unknown artist
pen and ink, after 1500
NPG D34587
after Unknown artist
woodcut, 16th century
NPG D17084
Sir Henry Guildford ('Harry Guldeford Knight')
by Richard Dalton, after Hans Holbein the Younger
coloured etching, (1527)
NPG D35013
Sir Henry Guildford ('Harry Guldeford Knight')
by Richard Dalton, after Hans Holbein the Younger
etching, (1527)
NPG D35061
by Unknown artist
woodcut, mid 16th century
NPG D23050
by Barthel Beham
line engraving, 1531
NPG D23478
by Christoffel Bockstorfer
etching, 1540s-1550s
NPG D23479
by L. Picard, after Unknown artist
etching, (1548)
NPG D33373
after Unknown artist
woodcut, 1553, published 1613
NPG D17983
after Unknown artist
line engraving, after 1554
NPG D16920
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1554 or after
NPG D17821
by Unknown engraver
woodcut, 1555 or after
NPG D16803
by Franz Huys, after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1555
NPG D17822
after Jacopo da Trezzo
line engraving, (circa 1555)
NPG D17825
The Martyrdome of John Cardmaker and John Warne (John Cardmaker; John Warne (Warren))
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D21250
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563
NPG D23135
after Unknown artist
woodcut, late 16th century
NPG D23436
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563
NPG D34253
Thomas Cranmer; Juan de Villagarcia
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D34254
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D34612
Taking up the body of John Wycliffe
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D42326
'The burnyng of Rose Allins hand, by Edmund Tyrrell'
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D42467
by Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563
NPG D16935
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
after Unknown artist
etching, (circa 1564)
NPG D8461
by Unknown artist
line engraving, late 16th century
NPG D23051
after Unknown artist
line engraving, late 16th or early 17th century
NPG D23449
by Antonio Tempesta
line engraving, late 16th-early 17th century
NPG D4994
Unknown woman called Anne Boleyn
after Unknown artist
line engraving, late 16th to early 17th century
NPG D42718
after Unknown artist
woodcut, late 16th century
NPG D13558
William Cressye; Grace Cressye (née Johnson)
by Unknown artist
pen and ink, after 1571
NPG D34940
by Philipp Galle
line engraving, published 1572
NPG D35482
after Unknown artist
line engraving, after 1572
NPG D20940
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1580
NPG D18235
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Christoffel van Sichem (Voschem)
line engraving, 1580s?
NPG D21135
after an engraving by Remigius Hogenberg
line engraving, (1582)
On display in Room 16 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG D2091
Called King William I ('The Conqueror')
by Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1584
NPG D9377
after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1584
NPG D35483
Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour
by Robert Cooper
stipple engraving, (1584)
NPG D1001
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Christoffel van Sichem (Voschem)
line engraving, circa 1585-1587
NPG D20904
after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1586
NPG D32874
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown artist
line engraving, 1587
NPG D20903
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
after Christoffel van Sichem (Voschem)
line engraving, after 1588
NPG D21136
Anne of Denmark when Queen of Scotland
by Lambert Cornelis, after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1595
NPG D18122
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by John Ogborne, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, (circa 1596)
NPG D21312
by and published by Christoffel van Sichem (Voschem), after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1596-1624
NPG D21059
by William Rogers, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1598
NPG D2756
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D21237
by Francis Delaram, published by Compton Holland, after Unknown artist
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D21431
by Unknown engraver
wood engraving, 17th century
NPG D22615
after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
etching, 17th century
NPG D23047
probably after Magdalena de Passe, probably after Willem de Passe
line engraving, early to mid 17th century
NPG D23151
by Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D31598
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D31711
Edmund Campion, Alexander Briant and Ralph Sherwin
by Frederik Bouttats the Younger
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D32579
after Alonso Sanchez Coello
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D32878
Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Prince of Gavre
published by H. Jacopsen (Jacobsen), after Unknown artist
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D33026
Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn
probably published by H. Jacopsen (Jacobsen), after Unknown artist
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D33027
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D33082
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D33086
by Nicolas de Larmessin
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D33087
