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TYPES OF PORTRAIT

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The House of Commons, 1833
by Sir George Hayter
1833-1843
oil on canvas
118 1/4 in. x 196 in. (3003 mm x 4978 mm)
NPG 54

The Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688
by Unknown artist
circa 1688
oil on canvas
38 in. x 33 in. (965 mm x 838 mm)
NPG 79

The Seven Bishops Committed to the Tower in 1688
by George Bower
1688
silver medal
1 3/8 in. (35 mm)
NPG 152a

James Barry; Dominique Lefevre; James Paine the Younger
by James Barry
1767
oil on canvas
23 7/8 in. x 19 7/8 in. (606 mm x 505 mm)
NPG 213

Five Children of Charles I
after Sir Anthony Van Dyck
(1637)
oil on canvas
35 1/4 in. x 69 3/8 in. (895 mm x 1762 mm)
NPG 267

The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605
by Unknown artist
circa 1605
engraving
7 7/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (200 mm x 206 mm)
NPG 334a

The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
circa 1846-1853
oil on canvas
74 in. x 145 in. (1880 mm x 3683 mm)
NPG 342

Study for The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
circa 1846
oil on paper
18 3/4 in. x 33 7/8 in. (476 mm x 860 mm)
NPG 343a

Sketch for the Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
circa 1846
pencil
4 3/4 in. x 7 5/8 in. (121 mm x 194 mm)
NPG 343b

Key to The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
1846
pen and ink and wash
18 3/8 in. x 40 3/8 in. (467 mm x 1025 mm)
NPG 343c

The Anti-Slavery Society Convention, 1840
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
1841
oil on canvas
117 in. x 151 in. (2972 mm x 3836 mm)
NPG 599

Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter
by Peter Angelis
1720s
oil on canvas
24 1/2 in. x 29 1/2 in. (622 mm x 749 mm)
NPG 624

The Somerset House Conference, 1604
by Unknown artist
1604
oil on canvas
81 in. x 105 1/2 in. (2057 mm x 2680 mm)
NPG 665

The Duke of Buckingham and his Family, 1628
after Gerrit Van Honthorst
(1628)
oil on canvas
57 1/4 in. x 78 in. (1454 mm x 1981 mm)
NPG 711

William Pitt addressing the House of Commons on the French declaration of war, 1793
by Karl Anton Hickel
1793-1795
oil on canvas
127 in. x 177 in. (3226 mm x 4496 mm)
NPG 745

Study for Patrons and Lovers of Art, circa 1826-1830
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
1826-1830
oil on canvas
24 1/2 in. x 18 1/2 in. (622 mm x 470 mm)
NPG 792

Study for Patrons and Lovers of Art, circa 1826-1830
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
circa 1826
oil on canvas
21 1/2 in. x 22 3/4 in. (546 mm x 578 mm)
NPG 793

Study for Patrons and Lovers of Art, circa 1826-1830
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
1826-1830
oil on canvas
24 1/8 in. x 18 in. (613 mm x 457 mm)
NPG 794

Study for Patrons and Lovers of Art, circa 1826-1830
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
circa 1830
oil on canvas
21 5/8 in. x 19 in. (549 mm x 483 mm)
NPG 795

The Court of Chancery during the reign of George I
by Benjamin Ferrers
circa 1725
oil on canvas
29 3/4 in. x 24 7/8 in. (756 mm x 632 mm)
NPG 798

Mary Gardiner, Harriet Gardiner and Louisa Gardiner
by Sir George Hayter
circa 1812
watercolour
2 1/8 in. x 3 1/8 in. (54 mm x 79 mm)
NPG 883(11)

The Committy of the house of Commons (the Gaols Committee)
by William Hogarth
circa 1729
oil on canvas
20 1/8 in. x 27 in. (511 mm x 686 mm)
NPG 926

Sir William Chambers; Joseph Wilton; Sir Joshua Reynolds
by John Francis Rigaud
1782
oil on canvas
46 1/2 in. x 56 1/2 in. (1181 mm x 1435 mm)
NPG 987

The House of Lords, 1820, The Trial of Queen Caroline
by Sir George Hayter
1820-1823
oil on canvas
91 3/4 in. x 140 1/4 in. (2330 mm x 3562 mm)
NPG 999

Engraving after Men of Science Living in 1807-1808
by; and George Zobel; William Walker
1862
engraving
24 3/4 in. x 42 7/8 in. (629 mm x 1089 mm)
NPG 1075a

Key to engraving after Men of Science Living in 1807-1808
by William Walker
1862
engraving
10 3/4 in. x 17 1/8 in. (273 mm x 435 mm)
NPG 1075b

Men of Science Living in 1807-1808
by; and; and; and Sir John Gilbert; Frederick John Skill; William Walker; Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
1855-1858
pencil and wash
25 1/2 in. x 50 1/2 in. (648 mm x 1283 mm)
NPG 1075

Adam Walker and his family
by George Romney
circa 1796-1801
oil on canvas
53 1/4 in. x 65 1/4 in. (1352 mm x 1657 mm)
NPG 1106

Engraving after The Coalition Ministry, 1854
by; after William Walker; John Graham Gilbert
1857
engraving
20 3/4 in. x 28 3/8 in. (527 mm x 721 mm)
NPG 1125a

The Coalition Ministry, 1854
by Sir John Gilbert
1855
pencil, pen and ink and wash
17 1/2 in. x 27 in. (445 mm x 686 mm)
NPG 1125

Francis Ayscough with the Prince of Wales (later George III) and Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
by Richard Wilson
circa 1749
oil on canvas
81 1/2 in. x 101 1/2 in. (2070 mm x 2578 mm)
NPG 1165

The Arctic Council planning a search for Sir John Franklin
by Stephen Pearce
1851
oil on canvas
46 1/4 in. x 72 1/8 in. (1175 mm x 1833 mm)
NPG 1208

The Taylor family
by Isaac Taylor
1792
oil on canvas
17 3/4 in. x 13 1/2 in. (451 mm x 343 mm)
NPG 1248

Two sketches for Men of Science Living in 1807-1808
by Sir John Gilbert
circa 1856
pencil and wash
10 7/8 in. x 14 3/8 in. (276 mm x 365 mm); 8 1/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. (207 mm x 353 mm)
NPG 1383a

A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms (A Club of Artists)
by Gawen Hamilton
1735
oil on canvas
34 1/2 in. x 43 7/8 in. (876 mm x 1115 mm)
NPG 1384

Sketch for The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-1772
copy by; after John Sanders; Johan Zoffany
circa 1773
pencil
7 1/2 in. x 10 5/8 in. (191 mm x 270 mm)
NPG 1437a

The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-1772
by; after John Sanders; Johan Zoffany
1773
watercolour
7 3/8 in. x 10 5/8 in. (188 mm x 270 mm)
NPG 1437

Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his sisters, Anne, Princess Royal, Princess Caroline, Princess Amelia (The Music Party)
by Philip Mercier
1733
oil on canvas
17 3/4 in. x 22 3/4 in. (451 mm x 578 mm)
NPG 1556

William Adams, James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale and Sir Christopher Robinson
by Sir George Hayter
1820
pen and ink and wash
8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (202 mm x 273 mm)
NPG 1695(h)

Group including Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford, Stephen Lushington, John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst, Marchese di Spineto and Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro
by Sir George Hayter
1820
pen and ink and wash
5 5/8 in. x 8 3/8 in. (143 mm x 213 mm)
NPG 1695(i)

Group including William IV, George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland, George Fermor, 3rd Earl of Pomfret and others
by Sir George Hayter
1820
pen and ink and wash
5 1/2 in. x 8 1/8 in. (140 mm x 206 mm)
NPG 1695(j)

Group including Henry William Majendie, Folliot Herbert Walker Cornewall, George Henry Law, Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford and John Colville, 10th Baron Colville
by Sir George Hayter
1820
ink and wash
5 in. x 5 1/4 in. (127 mm x 133 mm)
NPG 1695(n)

Group including John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Sir William Garrow; Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, and others
by Sir George Hayter
1820
pen and ink and wash
5 1/2 in. x 8 in. (140 mm x 203 mm)
NPG 1695(s)

Group including Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Charles Manners-Sutton, Venables Vernon Harcourt and others
by Sir George Hayter
1820
pen and ink and wash
5 1/2 in. x 7 7/8 in. (140 mm x 200 mm)
NPG 1695(t)

Group including Charles Powlett Townshend, 2nd Baron Bayning; William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh; Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie; George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey and Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
by Sir George Hayter
1820
pen and ink and wash
2 1/2 in. x 8 in. (64 mm x 203 mm)
NPG 1695(u)

Baron Kelvin with his brother and sister
by Agnes Gardner King
charcoal
NPG 1708(a)

The Brontë Sisters
by Patrick Branwell Brontë
circa 1834
oil on canvas
35 1/2 in. x 29 3/8 in. (902 mm x 746 mm)
NPG 1725

The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, 1913
by Sir John Lavery
1913
oil on canvas
134 in. x 107 in. (3403 mm x 2718 mm)
NPG 1745

The Siege of Gibraltar, 1782
by George Carter
1784
gouache on paper
16 1/2 in. x 22 in. (419 mm x 559 mm)
NPG 1752

Swinburne and his sisters
by George Richmond
1843
watercolour
20 3/4 in. x 22 1/2 in. (527 mm x 572 mm)
NPG 1762

Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
1889
oil on canvas
60 in. x 160 in. (1524 mm x 4064 mm)
NPG 1833

Four men at cards
by Fred Walker
pen and ink
4 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in. (114 mm x 159 mm)
NPG 1841b

Naval Officers of World War I
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
1921
oil on canvas
104 in. x 202 1/2 in. (2641 mm x 5144 mm)
NPG 1913

Maria-Louisa Phipps, Samuel Rogers, Caroline, Lady Shirling-Maxwell
by Frank Stone
circa 1845
oil on canvas
24 1/2 in. x 29 3/8 in. (622 mm x 746 mm)
NPG 1916

John Glynn, John Wilkes and John Horne Tooke
by Richard Houston
before 1769
oil on canvas
20 3/4 in. x 29 3/4 in. (527 mm x 756 mm)
NPG 1944

General Officers of World War I
by John Singer Sargent
1922
oil on canvas
118 in. x 208 in. (2997 mm x 5283 mm)
NPG 1954

Whig Statesmen and their Friends, circa 1810
circa 1810
chalk
21 in. x 27 1/2 in. (533 mm x 699 mm)
NPG 2076

Thomas Miller Beach, John Patrick Murphy, Sir Henry James and Sir Charles Russell
by Sydney Prior Hall
1889
pencil
NPG 2239

Charles Stewart Parnell, Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, and Thomas Miller Beach
by Sydney Prior Hall
1889
pencil
11 1/2 in. x 18 in. (292 mm x 457 mm)
NPG 2244

Group including John Patrick Murphy, Sir Henry James, 1st Baron James, Sir Charles Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen, Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, William Thomas Stead, Michael Davitt and Charles Stewart Parnell
by Sydney Prior Hall
1889
pencil
NPG 2250

Group including William Hoey Kearney Redmond, Joseph William Comyns Carr, H. Campbell and others
by Sydney Prior Hall
1888-1889
pencil
8 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in. (222 mm x 324 mm)
NPG 2286

Debate on the Indian Council Cotton Duties
by Sydney Prior Hall
before 1895
pencil
NPG 2307

Three sketches
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil
NPG 2316

The Education Bill in the House of Lords (The collapse of the Archbishop of Canterbury)
by Sydney Prior Hall
before 1902
watercolour
16 1/4 in. x 12 in. (413 mm x 305 mm)
NPG 2369

Statesmen of World War I
by Sir James Guthrie
1924-1930
oil on canvas
156 in. x 132 in. (3962 mm x 3353 mm)
NPG 2463

George Dunlop Leslie; Sir Charles Lock Eastlake; John Wood
by Charles Bell Birch
circa 1858
pencil
5 7/8 in. x 3 5/8 in. (149 mm x 91 mm)
NPG 2477

The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909
by Sir William Orpen
1909
oil on canvas
27 1/2 in. x 35 1/2 in. (699 mm x 902 mm)
NPG 2556

Bowyer Edward Sparke and other figures
by Sir George Hayter
circa 1820
pencil, pen and wash
8 in. x 5 1/8 in. (203 mm x 132 mm)
NPG 2662(12)

Various heads including Peter King, 7th Baron King of Ockham, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl de la Warr, William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan
by Sir George Hayter
circa 1820
pencil, pen and wash
5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. (139 mm x 214 mm)
NPG 2662(20)

John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess of Camden; Edward Southwell, 21st Baron de Clifford; Thomas Hampden, 2nd Viscount Hampden
by Sir George Hayter
circa 1820
pen and ink
7 1/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (182 mm x 115 mm)
NPG 2662(23)

John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess of Camden; Edward Southwell, 21st Baron de Clifford; Thomas Hampden, 2nd Viscount Hampden
by Sir George Hayter
circa 1820
pencil
8 1/2 in. x 10 in. (216 mm x 253 mm)
NPG 2662(27)

Some members of the New English Art Club
by Donald Graeme MacLaren
watercolour
9 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in. (241 mm x 191 mm)
NPG 2663

Sir Thomas More, his Father, his Household and his Descendants
by; after Rowland Lockey; Hans Holbein the Younger
1593
oil on canvas
89 1/2 in. x 130 in. (2274 mm x 3302 mm)
NPG 2765

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt showing his pictures
by Jemima Blackburn
1844
watercolour
4 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (119 x 150 mm)
NPG 2772(28a)

Breakfast at Mr Rogers
by Jemima Blackburn
1833-1857
watercolour
4 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. (111 x 109 mm)
NPG 2772(28b)

Members of the House of Lords, circa 1835
attributed to Isaac Robert Cruikshank
circa 1835
pencil and sepia wash
8 3/4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (223 mm x 187 mm)
NPG 2789

The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by G. Grenville Manton
1891
watercolour
17 1/4 in. x 23 3/4 in. (438 mm x 603 mm)
NPG 2820

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn; Joseph Chamberlain
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
circa 1900s
pen and ink
NPG 2864

Sketch for The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari
by Jerry Barrett
circa 1856
pen and ink
8 3/4 in. x 11 7/8 in. (222 mm x 301 mm)
NPG 2939a

Chess players
by Anthony Rosenbaum
1874-1880
oil on canvas
32 in. x 60 in. (813 mm x 1524 mm)
NPG 3060

The Opening of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 1865
by Unknown artist
circa 1865
oil on canvas
33 in. x 45 in. (838 mm x 1143 mm)
NPG 3083

Agostino Carlini; Francesco Bartolozzi; Giovanni Battista Cipriani
by John Francis Rigaud
1777
oil on canvas
39 1/2 in. x 49 1/2 in. (1003 mm x 1257 mm)
NPG 3186

Hilda Beatrice Hewlett, Caterina Kerr-Lawson and Maurice Hewlett
by James Kerr-Lawson
circa 1904
pencil
7 5/8 in. x 10 in. (194 mm x 254 mm)
NPG 3264

Lord Halifax and his secretaries
attributed to; after Daniel Gardner; Hugh Douglas Hamilton
circa 1765-1767
gouache
17 3/4 in. x 38 in. (451 mm x 965 mm)
NPG 3328

Arthur William a Beckett; Edwin Linley Samborne; Thomas Anstey Guthrie
by Harry Furniss
circa 1880-circa 1910
pen and ink
8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (216 mm x 165 mm)
NPG 3619

Timothy Michael Healy; Justin McCarthy; Thomas Sexton
by Harry Furniss
before 1891
pen and ink and wash
9 in. x 10 1/4 in. (229 mm x 260 mm)
NPG 3620

Conversation piece
by Sir James Gunn
1932
oil on canvas
59 1/2 in. x 43 1/2 in. (1511 mm x 1105 mm)
NPG 3654

Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, 1940
by Sir James Gunn
1950
oil on canvas
59 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1511 mm x 1003 mm)
NPG 3778

Dinner at Haddo House, 1884
by Alfred Edward Emslie
1884
oil on canvas
14 1/4 in. x 22 3/4 in. (362 mm x 578 mm)
NPG 3845

Edward VI and the Pope
by Unknown artist
circa 1570
oil on panel
24 1/2 in. x 35 3/4 in. (622 mm x 908 mm)
NPG 4165

Sir John Gurney; Charles James Blomfield; Henry Edward Manning
by George Richmond
circa 1840-1845
pen and ink
9 in. x 7 1/2 in. (227 mm x 190 mm)
NPG 4166

Hanging Committee, Royal Academy, 1892
by Reginald Cleaver
circa 1892
pen and ink
10 3/4 in. x 10 in. (273 mm x 254 mm)
NPG 4245

Sketches on seven sheets of MS fragments
by George Cruikshank
pencil and pen and ink
NPG 4259

Sketch for The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari
by Jerry Barrett
circa 1856
oil on canvas
16 in. x 24 in. (406 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 4305

The St John's Wood Arts Club, 1895
by Sydney Prior Hall
circa 1895
chalk and wash
15 3/8 in. x 11 1/4 in. (391 mm x 286 mm)
NPG 4404

Primrose Hill School
by Unknown artist
1893
chalk
21 1/2 in. x 27 3/8 in. (546 mm x 695 mm)
NPG 4405

The Duke and Duchess of Teck receiving officers of the Indian Contingent, 1882
by Sydney Prior Hall
1883
oil on canvas
30 1/4 in. x 45 in. (768 mm x 1143 mm)
NPG 4441

The three daughters of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
by Sydney Prior Hall
1883
oil on canvas
18 in. x 24 in. (457 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 4471

Four Generations
by Sir William Quiller Orchardson
circa 1897
oil on canvas
21 in. x 28 in. (533 mm x 711 mm)
NPG 4536

Sir Hugh Lane; John Millington Synge; William Butler Yeats; Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory
by Sir William Orpen
1907
pen and ink
8 in. x 5 1/2 in. (203 mm x 140 mm)
NPG 4676

Mr and Mrs George Henry Lewes with Thornton Leigh Hunt
by William Makepeace Thackeray
pencil
6 1/8 in. x 5 in. (155 mm x 127 mm)
NPG 4686

A Consultation prior to the Aerial Voyage to Weilburgh, 1836
by John Hollins
circa 1836-1838
oil on canvas
58 in. x 81 1/2 in. (1473 mm x 2064 mm)
NPG 4710

The Capel Family
by Cornelius Johnson (or Jonson)
circa 1640
oil on canvas
63 in. x 102 in. (1600 mm x 2591 mm)
NPG 4759

The Derby Cabinet of 1867: at which the expedition to Abyssinia in 1868 was decided upon
by Henry Gales
1868
watercolour
30 in. x 47 1/2 in. (762 mm x 1207 mm)
NPG 4893

The Nine Living Muses of Great Britain: portraits in the characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo
by Richard Samuel
exhibited 1779
oil on canvas
52 in. x 61 in. (1321 mm x 1549 mm)
NPG 4905

Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady Holland; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; Mrs Brown
by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
circa 1833
pen and wash
9 3/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. (238 mm x 188 mm)
NPG 4914

General Phipps, Mrs Norton and 2nd Baron Alvanley at the theatre
by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
circa 1834-1835
pen and wash
7 1/8 in. x 8 3/4 in. (182 mm x 222 mm)
NPG 4918

'The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor)
by Thomas Jones Barker
circa 1863
oil on canvas
66 in. x 84 1/8 in. (1676 mm x 2138 mm)
NPG 4969

Gladstone's Cabinet of 1868
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
1869-1874
oil on canvas
80 1/2 in. x 125 in. (2045 mm x 3175 mm)
NPG 5116

A Bravura at the Hanover Square Concert
by John Nixon
1789
pen and ink and brown wash
9 1/4 in. x 6 5/8 in. (235 mm x 168 mm)
NPG 5179

1st Earl of Monmouth and his family
attributed to Paul Van Somer
circa 1617
oil on canvas
89 1/2 in. x 85 1/4 in. (2273 mm x 2165 mm)
NPG 5246

Charles II in Boscobel Wood
by Isaac Fuller
circa 1660-1670
oil on canvas
84 1/8 in. x 74 in. (2137 mm x 1880 mm)
NPG 5248

The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886
by Liberio Prosperi ('Lib')
before 1886
oil on canvas
13 in. x 19 1/4 in. (330 mm x 489 mm)
NPG 5256

The Children of John Taylor of Bifrons Park
by John Closterman
1696(?)
oil on canvas
74 3/4 in. x 107 in. (1898 mm x 2718 mm)
NPG 5320

Sir Edward Heath; Ernest Marples, 1st Baron Marples; Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx
by William Papas ('Papas')
1965
pen and ink
NPG 5349

'This is a far, far better thing.... than I have ever done'
by Neville Colvin ('Colvin')
1962
pen and ink
NPG 5350

'Change the crew? Why we'll row forever, steady from stroke to bow'
by Victor ('Vicky') Weisz
1962
pen and ink
NPG 5351

Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton; Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden; John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd; Ernest Marples, 1st Baron Marples
by William Papas ('Papas')
early 1960s
pen and ink
NPG 5356

'University of the Air'
by John Musgrave-Wood ('Emmwood')
1963
pen and ink
NPG 5358

'So what if we lose a few shopkeepers votes' he said
by William Papas ('Papas')
1964
pen and ink
NPG 5360

'After weeks of deliberations, the government has now found the answer to the charge that the 'voters are tired of the same old faces' '
by Victor ('Vicky') Weisz
1964
pen and ink
NPG 5361

'Well, Marples hath gone - now what?'
by John Musgrave-Wood ('Emmwood')
1967
pen and ink
NPG 5363

'I wouldn't mind him playing the organ if only he knew how to play it'
by Michael Cummings ('Cummings')
1967
pen and ink
NPG 5364

The Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mayson
attributed to Henry Dorling
1848
watercolour
14 1/8 in. x 11 3/4 in. (359 mm x 298 mm)
NPG 5473

The Landing of HRH The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 7th March 1863
by Henry Nelson O'Neil
1864
oil on canvas
52 in. x 84 in. (1321 mm x 2134 mm)
NPG 5487

Musical Group
by Paul Nash
circa 1913
watercolour and pencil
17 5/8 in. x 20 1/4 in. (448 mm x 514 mm)
NPG 5509

The Family of Sir Robert Vyner
by John Michael Wright
1673
oil on canvas
57 in. x 77 in. (1448 mm x 1956 mm)
NPG 5568

Jonathan Tyers and his family
by Francis Hayman
1740
oil on canvas
30 5/8 in. x 41 3/4 in. (778 mm x 1062 mm)
NPG 5588

The Novello Family
by Edward Petre Novello
circa 1830
oil on canvas
57 1/2 in. x 72 3/4 in. (1460 mm x 1847 mm)
NPG 5686

The Meeting, Royal Academy of Arts
by Leonard Rosoman
1979-1984
acrylic on canvas
60 in. x 60 in. (1524 mm x 1524 mm)
NPG 5740

Trade Unionists
by Hans Schwarz
1984
oil on board
72 in. x 72 in. (1830 mm x 1830 mm)
NPG 5749

The Shudi Family Group
by Marcus Tuscher
circa 1742
oil on canvas
32 3/4 in. x 55 3/4 in. (834 mm x 1415 mm)
NPG 5776

The Talman Family Group
by Giuseppe Grisoni
circa 1718-1719
oil on canvas
40 3/8 in. x 28 1/2 in. (1024 mm x 724 mm)
NPG 5781

Trade Unionists (sketch)
by Hans Schwarz
1984
pencil and crayon on paper
9 1/8 in. x 9 in. (232 mm x 230 mm)
NPG 5793(4)

Trade Unionists (sketch)
by Hans Schwarz
1984
pencil, crayon and watercolour
9 3/8 in. x 8 7/8 in. (237 mm x 226 mm)
NPG 5793(5)

Trade Unionists (sketch)
by Hans Schwarz
1984
pencil, crayon and watercolour
8 3/4 in. x 8 1/8 in. (221 mm x 206 mm)
NPG 5793(6)

Trade Unionists (sketch)
by Hans Schwarz
1984
pencil, crayon and watercolour
9 1/4 in. x 8 7/8 in. (235 mm x 226 mm)
NPG 5793(7)

Secretaries of the Cabinet
by John Ward
1984
oil on canvas
54 1/8 in. x 36 in. (1374 mm x 915 mm)
NPG 5794

Conservative Party Conference, Brighton 1982
by Paul Brason
1982-1985
oil on canvas
72 in. x 94 in. (1829 mm x 2388 mm)
NPG 5843

The Relief of Lucknow, 1857
by Thomas Jones Barker
1859
oil on canvas
41 1/2 in. x 71 3/8 in. (1054 mm x 1813 mm)
NPG 5851

The Liverpool Poets
by Peter Edwards
1985
oil on canvas
69 1/4 in. x 93 1/2 in. (1759 mm x 2375 mm)
NPG 5853

Opening of the Lord Duveen Annexe to the National Portrait Gallery. Sir Evan Charteris Reading the Address to Their Majesties, George V and Queen Mary
by Sir John Lavery
1933
oil on board
20 in. x 24 in. (508 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 5943

The Homage-Giving: Westminster Abbey, August 9th, 1902
by John Henry Frederick Bacon
1903
oil on canvas
38 in. x 72 in. (965 mm x 1829 mm)
NPG 6058

The Fourdrinier Family
attributed to John Downman
circa 1786
oil on copper
18 1/8 in. x 24 1/4 in. (460 mm x 615 mm)
NPG 6091

James Ramsay MacDonald with Members of His Family
by Peggy Angus (Margaret MacGregor)
1930s
oil on plywood
24 in. x 20 in. (608 mm x 508 mm)
NPG 6102

Alastair Arthur, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Anthony Wysard
1936
pencil and gouache
13 in. x 11 1/8 in. (330 mm x 283 mm)
NPG 6115

The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari
by Jerry Barrett
1857
oil on canvas
55 1/2 in. x 83 3/4 in. (1410 mm x 2127 mm)
NPG 6202

Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers
by Jerry Barrett
1856
oil on canvas
55 7/8 in. x 84 in. (1419 mm x 2133 mm)
NPG 6203

Women's Page Contributors to The Guardian
by Sarah Raphael
1994
oil on paper laid on board
21 7/8 in. x 31 1/2 in. (557 mm x 800 mm)
NPG 6247

Plenipotentiaries of Britain, Holland, Prussia and Russia signing the Treaty of 1791
by Edward Dayes
1791
watercolour, oval
5 7/8 in. x 8 in. (149 mm x 203 mm)
NPG 6263

Group associated with the New English Art Club
by Sir William Orpen
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and wash, uneven
8 1/2 in. x 16 in. (216 mm x 406 mm)
NPG 6345

The Critics
by Edward John Burra
1932
ink, uneven
19 7/8 in. x 15 in. (505 mm x 381 mm)
NPG 6370

Private Eye
by Gerald Scarfe
1972
pen and indian ink
30 in. x 44 3/4 in. (762 mm x 1136 mm)
NPG 6433

Frost's Breakfast
by Gerald Scarfe
1963
pen and indian ink
22 in. x 30 in. (559 mm x 761 mm)
NPG 6434

R S Thomas with his wife, Mildred Eldridge, and their son, Gwydion
by Mildred E. Eldridge
1941
pencil and watercolour
19 1/2 in. x 15 in. (495 mm x 381 mm)
NPG 6449

The Royal Family: A Centenary Portrait
by John Wonnacott
2000
oil on canvas on foamboard
144 3/8 in. x 98 1/4 in. (3663 mm x 2493 mm)
NPG 6479

Architects of the Gallery Masterplan
by John Lessore
1999
oil on canvas
80 in. x 80 in. (2032 mm x 2032 mm)
NPG 6493

Historians of 'Past and Present'
by Stephen Frederick Godfrey Farthing
1999
oil on canvas
68 1/4 in. x 81 3/8 in. (1734 mm x 2066 mm)
NPG 6518

George William Bell, Lady Moncrieff (née Bell) and Thomas Blizzard Bell
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
1843-1848
calotype
7 5/8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (196 mm x 144 mm)
NPG P6(97)

The Torso
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
1843-1848
calotype
7 5/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (195 mm x 147 mm)
NPG P6(98)

Free Church Committee
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
5 3/4 in. x 7 7/8 in. (144 mm x 200 mm)
NPG P6(104)

Study for...the first General Assembly of the Free Church
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
3 1/2 in. x 4 1/8 in. (89 mm x 105 mm)
NPG P6(105)

Jane Webster; Justine Gallie; Mrs Marrable
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
8 in. x 5 7/8 in. (204 mm x 150 mm)
NPG P6(117)

Graham Fyvie, Robert Cadell and Robert Cunningham Graham Spiers
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
6 1/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (155 mm x 113 mm)
NPG P6(139)

Edinburgh Ale
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
5 5/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (143 mm x 200 mm)
NPG P6(141)

A Discussion
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
5 1/4 in. x 7 7/8 in. (134 mm x 200 mm)
NPG P6(143)

The Monks of Kennaquhair
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
11 in. x 8 3/4 in. (279 mm x 223 mm)
NPG P6(144)

The Adamson family: Alexander Adamson, John Adamson and his wife, Mrs Bell, Melville Adamson and Robert Adamson
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1844-1845
calotype
7 1/8 in. x 5 5/8 in. (181 mm x 143 mm)
NPG P6(153)

The Letter
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
7 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (191 mm x 138 mm)
NPG P6(202)

Marion Finlay, Margaret Dryburgh, Grace Finlay and others
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
5 5/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. (144 mm x 200 mm)
NPG P6(204)

Fishermen Ashore
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
7 3/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (189 mm x 137 mm)
NPG P6(215)

Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, his family, David Octavius Hill and John Henning
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
5 7/8 in. x 8 in. (147 mm x 202 mm)
NPG P6(237)

Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, his family, David Octavius Hill and John Henning
by; and David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson
circa 1843-1848
calotype
6 in. x 8 1/8 in. (153 mm x 207 mm)
NPG P6(238)

Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll, Princess Beatrice and Queen Victoria driving
by Henry John Whitlock
1867
albumen print
NPG P22(1)

Group of fifteen including Queen Victoria
by W. & D. Downey
1868
albumen print
NPG P22(2)

The Gillies ball, 1868
by W. & D. Downey
1868
albumen print
NPG P22(3)

'Stag shot by the Prince on Corrie-Buie, October 5th 1854'
by George Washington Wilson
1854
albumen print
NPG P22(10)

D. Kennedy, J. Smith, Willy Stewart, John Brown, F. Farquarson, Mr Morgan, Charlie Coutts, P. Robertson and John Grant
by George Washington Wilson
1857
albumen print
NPG P22(17)

Group of eleven, including the Duchess of Atholl
by W. & D. Downey
1868
albumen print
NPG P22(24)

The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by L Caldesi (& associated studios)
1857
albumen print
6 1/4 in. x 8 3/8 in. (159 mm x 213 mm)
NPG P26

Royal mourning group, 1862
by W. Bambridge (of Windsor)
1862
albumen print, oval
6 5/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. (168 mm x 130 mm)
NPG P27

The Council of War on the day of the taking of the Mamelon Quarries, 7 June 1855
by Roger Fenton
1855
salt print
7 3/8 in. x 6 1/4 in. (187 mm x 159 mm)
NPG P49

The Rossetti family
by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ('Lewis Carroll')
1863
albumen print
6 7/8 in. x 8 3/4 in. (175 mm x 222 mm)
NPG P56

Hugh ('Binkie') Beaumont, Angela Baddeley and Emlyn Williams
by Angus McBean
circa 1946
bromide print
15 in. x 11 3/4 in. (380 mm x 297 mm)
NPG P59

The four sons of George V
by Bertram Park
1931
bromide print
8 3/4 in. x 10 7/8 in. (222 mm x 276 mm)
NPG P140(3)

The three daughters of Prince and Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
by Bertram Park
before 1938
bromide print
8 1/4 in. x 9 1/4 in. (210 mm x 235 mm)
NPG P140(4)

Elizabeth II; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; George VI
by Marcus Adams
circa 1927
bromide print
11 5/8 in. x 12 3/8 in. (295 mm x 314 mm)
NPG P140(8)

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Elizabeth II; George VI
by Marcus Adams
circa 1929
bromide print, feigned oval
14 1/2 in. x 11 5/8 in. (368 mm x 295 mm)
NPG P140(9)

Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret Rose; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Marcus Adams
1931
bromide print
11 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in. (298 mm x 394 mm)
NPG P140(11)

Elizabeth II; George VI; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret Rose
by Marcus Adams
circa 1940
bromide print
14 in. x 10 1/4 in. (357 mm x 260 mm)
NPG P140(13)

Julia Margaret Cameron with her two children, Henry Herschel Hay and Charles Hay
by Unknown photographer
circa 1860
albumen print
8 in. x 6 3/8 in. (203 mm x 162 mm)
NPG P148

Susannah York; Susan Hampshire; Dame Judi Dench
by Arnold Newman
1978(?)
colour dye transfer print
19 in. x 16 1/2 in. (483 mm x 419 mm)
NPG P150(44)

David Bailey; Brian Duffy; Terence Donovan
by Arnold Newman
1978(?)
bromide print
19 in. x 11 in. (483 mm x 279 mm)
NPG P150(45)

Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan; Stanley Turl; Basil Hume
by Arnold Newman
1978(?)
bromide print
22 1/2 in. x 16 1/4 in. (572 mm x 413 mm)
NPG P150(46)

Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones; Sir Richard Doll; Peter Baelz; Maurice Wiles; John McManners; James Barr; Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton; Antony Honoré
by Arnold Newman
1978
bromide print
18 5/8 in. x 14 7/8 in. (473 mm x 378 mm)
NPG P150(47)

Sir Alan Hodgkin; Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd; Sir Nevill Mott
by Arnold Newman
1978
bromide print
15 1/2 in. x 9 1/4 in. (394 mm x 235 mm)
NPG P150(48)

André Deutsch; Paul Hamlyn; Charles Samuel Pick; Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford; Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld
by Arnold Newman
1978
bromide print
8 3/4 in. x 15 3/8 in. (223 mm x 391 mm)
NPG P150(49)

Sir Stirling Moss; John Young ('Jackie') Stewart; John Surtees; James Hunt
by Arnold Newman
1979
bromide print
12 1/2 in. x 11 in. (318 mm x 279 mm)
NPG P150(50)

Visitors to Broadlands, 1859
by Unknown photographer
1859
salt print
5 5/8 in. x 7 3/8 in. (143 mm x 188 mm)
NPG P153

Sir Charles Wheatstone and his family
by Antoine Claudet
circa 1851-1852
stereoscopic daguerreotype, arched top
2 7/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (73 mm x 57 mm)
NPG P154

The three daughters of William Bramwell Booth
by Norman Parkinson
1981
bromide print
12 7/8 in. x 19 1/2 in. (327 mm x 495 mm)
NPG P178

The three daughters of William Bramwell Booth
by Norman Parkinson
1981
bromide print colour print
19 7/8 in. x 18 in. (505 mm x 457 mm)
NPG P179

Joint leaders of the Social Democratic Party
by Norman Parkinson
1981
bromide print
10 in. x 19 1/2 in. (254 mm x 495 mm)
NPG P180

Elizabeth II; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret Rose, 1980
by Norman Parkinson
1980
colour print
20 in. x 20 1/8 in. (508 mm x 511 mm)
NPG P198

Elizabeth II; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret Rose
by Norman Parkinson
1980
colour print
15 1/2 in. x 19 1/2 in. (394 mm x 495 mm)
NPG P200

'Four Generations'
by Chancellor of Dublin
1899
panel print
11 3/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (288 mm x 239 mm)
NPG P232

'Wallis at the Window'
by Sir Cecil Beaton
1937
bromide print
5 1/2 in. x 5 3/8 in. (141 mm x 138 mm)
NPG P263

Tennyson and his first two sons
by Julia Margaret Cameron
late 1860s
albumen print
9 3/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. (237 mm x 199 mm)
NPG P285

Officers of the 'Terra Nova'
by Herbert G. Ponting
1910
brown-toned silver print
13 1/8 in. x 17 7/8 in. (333 mm x 454 mm)
NPG P313

Clare Sheridan with her children
by Bertram Park
1919
chlorobromide cream-toned print, oval
10 7/8 in. x 10 3/4 in. (276 mm x 273 mm)
NPG P333

The Royal Family
by Yousuf Karsh
1951
bromide print
10 3/4 in. x 13 7/8 in. (273 mm x 352 mm)
NPG P347

Algernon Charles Swinburne with Nine of his Peers at Oxford
by Unknown photographer
circa 1851-1859
albumen print
7 3/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (188 mm x 246 mm)
NPG P416

Supreme Indian Council, Simla, 1864
probably by Bourne & Shepherd
circa 1860
albumen print
6 in. x 8 7/8 in. (152 mm x 225 mm)
NPG P426

Group including Aneurin Bevan, Janet Bevan (Jennie Lee), Baroness Lee of Asheridge, Karol Keres and Pietro Nenni
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
1957
bromide print
14 in. x 9 3/8 in. (355 mm x 239 mm)
NPG P431

Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Jawaharlal Nehru; Edwina Cynthia, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
1948
bromide print
13 7/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (354 mm x 238 mm)
NPG P434

Alfred William Garrett; William Alexander Comyn Macfarlane; Gerard Manley Hopkins
by Thomas C. Bayfield
1866
albumen print carte-de-visite
3 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (86 mm x 57 mm)
NPG P453

Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell, with Sir Philip Edward Morrell and their daughter, Julian Vinogradoff
by Cavendish Morton
circa 1911
platinum print
8 1/8 in. x 6 1/8 in. (206 mm x 156 mm)
NPG P480

Royal Group including George V and Four of his Children
by Lafayette
1902
glossy purple brown-toned bromide print on green mount
6 1/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (156 mm x 206 mm)
NPG P500

'Beyond the Fringe'
by Lewis Morley
1961
bromide print
NPG P512(22)

'Private Eye'
by Lewis Morley
1965
bromide print
NPG P512(23)

Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their grandchildren
by Yousuf Karsh
1987
colour dye transfer print
38 1/4 in. x 28 3/4 in. (972 mm x 731 mm)
NPG P543

Oxford Scientists
by Wolfgang Suschitzky
1944
bromide print
11 5/8 in. x 14 3/4 in. (295 mm x 375 mm)
NPG P562

The Beatles
by Linda McCartney
1967
platinum print
13 7/8 in. x 21 3/4 in. (352 mm x 552 mm)
NPG P577

Isambard Kingdon Brunel preparing the launch of The Great Eastern
by Robert Howlett
1857
albumen print, arched top
10 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (276 x 241 mm)
NPG P663

Prince Henry of Wales; Diana, Princess of Wales; Prince William of Wales
by John Swannell
1994
Iris print
15 1/2 in. x 19 in. (394 mm x 482 mm)
NPG P717(16)

Cynthia Lennon; Julian Lennon; John Lennon
by Robert Whitaker
1965
cibachrome print
20 1/4 in. x 16 in. (516 mm x 409 mm) uneven
NPG P732

The Beatles
by Robert Whitaker
1966
cibachrome print
18 in. x 16 in. (457 mm x 407 mm)
NPG P733

Joanne Caladine Bailey Wells; Georgina Ann Byrne; Emma Siân Hebblethwaite (née Disley)
by Julia Hedgecoe
19 May 1998
bromide print
11 1/2 in. x 15 3/8 in. (292 mm x 391 mm)
NPG P751(20)

Queen
by Michael David ('Mick') Rock
1974
C-Type colour print
14 3/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. (365 mm x 370 mm)
NPG P756

Dame Elizabeth Taylor with her children
by Eve Arnold
1963
bromide print
14 in. x 9 3/8 in. (355 mm x 239 mm)
NPG P767

Sir John Clifford Mortimer; Norman Frederick Simpson; Harold Pinter
by John Hedgecoe
1960
bromide print
16 in. x 20 in. (406 mm x 507 mm)
NPG P781

The Humanist Society
by John Hedgecoe
1966
bromide print
20 in. x 14 in. (508 mm x 354 mm)
NPG P782

The Death of the Earl of Chatham
by John Singleton Copley
1779-1781
oil on canvas
90 in. x 121 in. (2286 mm x 3073 mm)
NPG L146

The Sharp family
by Johan Zoffany
1779-1781
oil on canvas
45 1/2 in. x 49 1/2 in. (1156 mm x 1257 mm)
NPG L169

The Rolling Stones
by Laurie Lewis
1973(?)
'c' type colour print
14 3/8 in. x 30 1/8 in. (365 mm x 765 mm)
NPG CP32


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