Henry Bone drawings, volume 3
247 Portraits in set
687 preliminary pencil drawings by the enameller Henry Bone and members of his family after well-known portraits and old master paintings. These drawings were squared before they were transferred in ink to tracing paper and then to a primed copper or brass plate for painting and firing. They were preserved by the family for future use and eventually annotated and pasted into 3 albums.
John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, (circa 1785)
NPG D17760
by Henry Bone, possibly after John Opie
pencil drawing squared in pencil for transfer, 1793 (1780s)
NPG D17538
by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pen and ink, circa 1793
NPG D17784
by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pen and ink, 1794 (1786)
NPG D17539
Georgiana Cavendish (née Spencer), Duchess of Devonshire
by Henry Bone, probably after Andrew Plimer
pencil, pen and ink, 1794-1795
NPG D17541
by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pencil drawing squared in pencil for transfer, 1794 (circa 1790-1794)
NPG D17549
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1794 (1795)
NPG D17550
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1794 (1793)
NPG D17551
by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pencil drawing squared in pencil for transfer, 1794
NPG D17552
by Henry Bone, after John Opie
pencil drawing squared in pencil for transfer, 1794 (1793-1794)
NPG D17553
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, circa 1794 (1793)
NPG D17759
Unknown man ('Agent to Mr Meux')
by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795
NPG D17542
by Henry Bone, possibly after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795
NPG D17543
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (1790-1795)
NPG D17545
Elizabeth Sophia Baillie (née de Visme)
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (exhibited 1795)
NPG D17546
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (circa 1785)
NPG D17547
Louisa Petty (née Fitzpatrick), Marchioness of Lansdowne
by Henry Bone, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795 (exhibited 1785)
NPG D17554
by Henry Bone, after Unknown artist
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1795
NPG D17555
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, (1795)
NPG D17758
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1796 (exhibited 1796)
NPG D17544