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- subject matching 'Reading'
A selection of portraits that depict sitters reading. See also: 'Books and Libraries' (Accessory) and 'Writing' (Activiity).
replica by George Dawe
oil on canvas, circa 1813
NPG 9
by George Henry Harlow
pencil and chalk, 1814
NPG 2812
by John Downman
watercolour, 1814
NPG 4377
by Samuel Drummond
watercolour on ivory, circa 1815
NPG 118
William Adams, James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale and Sir Christopher Robinson
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink and wash, 1820
NPG 1695(h)
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
by James Lonsdale
oil on canvas, circa 1820
NPG 498
by John Jackson
watercolour, circa 1820
NPG 1794
Group including 1st Baron Gifford, Lushington, Baron Lyndhurst, di Spineto and 1st Baron Truro
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink and wash, 1820
NPG 1695(i)
Bowyer Edward Sparke and other figures
by Sir George Hayter
pencil, pen and wash, circa 1820
NPG 2662(12)
by Sir George Hayter
pencil, pen and ink, 1820
NPG 1695(r)
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink, circa 1820
NPG 2662(9)
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink and watercolour, 1821
NPG 3082(7)
by Joseph Severn
oil on canvas, 1821-1823
NPG 58
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by Sir David Wilkie
oil on panel, circa 1822-1823
On display in Room 15 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2936
by Sir Hilgrove Turner
watercolour, circa 1825
NPG 4858
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, circa 1826
NPG 793
by John Jackson
oil on canvas, 1828
On display at Sir John Soane's Museum, London
NPG 701
by Henry William Pickersgill
oil on canvas, exhibited 1829
NPG 413