Make your own family portrait

Compare these portraits. What is the same and what is different?

Lots of families have family portraits made. You can find all sorts of family portraits. Just like families, portraits are sometimes the same and sometimes different.

Imagine you have been asked to make a family portrait. Before you get started you need to take a look at some other family portraits to collect some ideas.

There are lots of things to think about and decisions to make. You can record your ideas on the ideas sheet.

Click here to download your ideas sheet.
Save it on your computer or print it out.

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James Pinson Labulo Davies; Sarah Forbes Bonetta (Sarah Davies), by Camille Silvy, 15 September 1862 - NPG Ax61382 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

James Pinson Labulo Davies; Sarah Forbes Bonetta (Sarah Davies)
by Camille Silvy
15 September 1862
NPG Ax61382

 

Five Children of King Charles I, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, (1637) - NPG 267 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

Five Children of King Charles I
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck
(1637)
NPG 267

The Sharp Family, by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1779-1781 - NPG L169 - Private collection; on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London

The Sharp Family
by Johan Joseph Zoffany
1779-1781
NPG L169

The three daughters of William Bramwell Booth, by Norman Parkinson, 1981 - NPG P178 - © Norman Parkinson Archive

The three daughters of William Bramwell Booth
by Norman Parkinson
1981
NPG P178

 

Diana, Princess of Wales with her sons, by John Swannell, 1994 - NPG P717(16) - © John Swannell / Camera Press

Diana, Princess of Wales with her sons
by John Swannell
1994
NPG P717(16)

 

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