'The Doubtful Card'
6 of 11 portraits of Charles Stewart Parnell
'The Doubtful Card'
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1889
8 7/8 in. x 12 in. (227 mm x 305 mm)
Given by the artist's son, Harry Reginald Holland Hall, 1928
Primary Collection
NPG 2250
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Artistback to top
- Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922), Portrait painter and illustrator. Artist associated with 152 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Michael Davitt (1846-1906), Irish revolutionary and labour agitator. Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828-1911), Barrister and politician. Sitter in 23 portraits.
- Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt (1833-1911), Solicitor. Sitter in 10 portraits.
- John Patrick Murphy (1831-1907), One of the Counsel to The Times. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), Irish patriot, politician and landowner. Sitter in 11 portraits.
- Charles Arthur Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1832-1900), Lord Chief Justice. Sitter in 22 portraits.
- William Thomas Stead (1849-1912), Newspaper editor and spiritualist. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Cullen, Fintan, The Irish Face: Redefining the Irish Portrait, 2004, p. 195



