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SOUND GUIDE

List of Portraits covered on the Sound Guide

Sitters A - L | M - Z and Groups

John Loudon McAdam
1756-1836
The 'macadamiser' of roads
by Unknown artist
circa 1830
oil on canvas
35 1/4 in. x 27 1/4 in. (895 mm x 692 mm)
NPG 3686

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
1800-1859
Historian, poet and statesman
by Edward Matthew Ward
1853
oil on canvas
25 in. x 30 in. (635 mm x 762 mm)
NPG 4882

Sir Paul McCartney
1942-
Musician
by Humphrey Ocean
1983
oil on canvas
33 5/8 in. x 19 1/2 in. (854 mm x 495 mm)
NPG 5695

Flora McDonald
1722-1790
Jacobite heroine
by Richard Wilson
1747
oil on canvas
46 in. x 36 3/4 in. (1170 mm x 933 mm)
NPG 5848

James Ramsay MacDonald
1866-1937
Prime Minister
by Sir John Lavery
1931
oil on canvas
37 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. (953 mm x 699 mm)
NPG 2959

Sir Archibald Hector McIndoe
1900-1960
Plastic surgeon
by Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (Mrs Heseltine)
circa 1944
oil on canvas
24 in. x 20 1/4 in. (610 mm x 514 mm)
NPG 5927

Henry Edward Manning
1808-1892
Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster
by George Frederic Watts
1882
oil on canvas
35 1/2 in. x 27 1/2 in. (902 mm x 699 mm)
NPG 1008

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
1705-1793
Judge
by John Singleton Copley
exhibited 1783
oil on canvas
88 in. x 57 1/2 in. (2235 mm x 1461 mm)
NPG 172

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
1650-1722
Soldier and statesman
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
circa 1706
oil on canvas
36 1/2 in. x 29 in. (927 mm x 737 mm)
NPG 902

Mary I
1516-1558
Reigned 1553-8, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
by Master John
1544
oil on panel
28 in. x 20 in. (711 mm x 508 mm)
NPG 428

Mary, Queen of Scots
1542-1587
Reigned 1542-87
after Nicholas Hilliard
circa 1610 (1578)(?)
oil on panel
31 1/8 in. x 35 1/2 in. (791 mm x 902 mm)
NPG 429

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
1779-1848
Prime Minister
by John Partridge
1844
oil on canvas
50 in. x 40 in. (1270 mm x 1016 mm)
NPG 941

John Milton
1608-1674
Poet
by Unknown artist
circa 1629
oil on canvas, feigned oval
23 1/2 in. x 19 in. (597 mm x 483 mm)
NPG 4222

James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
1649-1685
Son of Charles II by Lucy Walter
by Jan van Wyck
circa 1675
oil on canvas
31 1/8 in. x 40 7/8 in. (790 mm x 1038 mm)
NPG 5376

Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
1887-1976
Field-Marshal
by Frank O. Salisbury
1945
oil on canvas
40 1/4 in. x 49 7/8 in. (1022 mm x 1267 mm)
NPG L165

Henry Moore
1898-1986
Sculptor
by Marino Marini
1962
bronze cast of head
12 1/4 in. (311 mm)
NPG 4687

William Morris
1834-1896
Poet, craftsman and socialist
by George Frederic Watts
1870
oil on canvas
25 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in. (648 mm x 521 mm)
NPG 1078

Sir John Clifford Mortimer
1923-
Barrister, playwright and writer
by Tai-Shan Schierenberg
1992
oil on canvas
71 3/4 in. x 72 in. (1825 mm x 1830 mm)
NPG 6160

Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Bt
1896-1980
Fascist leader
by Glyn Philpot
1925
oil on canvas
30 in. x 25 in. (762 mm x 636 mm)
NPG L184

Dame Iris Murdoch
1919-1999
Novelist and philosopher
by Tom Phillips
1984-1986
oil on canvas
36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm)
NPG 5921

Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson
1758-1805
Vice-Admiral; victor of Trafalgar
by Sir William Beechey
1800
oil on canvas
24 1/2 in. x 19 in. (623 mm x 483 mm)
NPG 5798

Sir Isaac Newton
1642-1727
Mathematical scientist
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
1702
oil on canvas, feigned oval
29 3/4 in. x 24 1/2 in. (756 mm x 622 mm)
NPG 2881

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
1676-1745
Prime Minister
studio of Jean Baptiste Van Loo
(1740)
oil on canvas
49 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1257 mm x 1003 mm)
NPG 70

Emmeline Pankhurst
1858-1928
Militant suffragette
by Georgina Brackenbury
1927
oil on canvas
31 in. x 24 1/4 in. (787 mm x 616 mm)
NPG 2360

Adelina Patti
1843-1919
Singer
by James Sant
exhibited 1886
oil on canvas
43 1/4 in. x 33 1/2 in. (1099 mm x 851 mm)
NPG 3625

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt
1788-1850
Prime Minister
by John Linnell
1838
oil on panel
17 7/8 in. x 14 7/8 in. (455 mm x 378 mm)
NPG 772

Samuel Pepys
1633-1703
Diarist and naval administrator
by John Hayls
1666
oil on canvas
29 3/4 in. x 24 3/4 in. (756 mm x 629 mm)
NPG 211

Philip II, King of Spain
1527-1598
Husband of Mary I
by Unknown artist
circa 1580
oil on canvas
72 1/2 in. x 41 in. (1842 mm x 1041 mm)
NPG 347

William Pitt
1759-1806
Prime Minister
Joseph Nollekens
1808
marble bust
28 in. (711 mm) high
NPG 120

William Pitt

1759-1806
Prime Minister
studio of John Hoppner
(1804-1805)
oil on canvas
55 1/2 in. x 42 1/2 in. (1410 mm x 1080 mm)
NPG 697

Alexander Pope
1688-1744
Poet
by John Michael Rysbrack
1730
marble bust
20 5/8 in. (524 mm)
NPG 5854

Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth
1649-1734
Mistress of Charles II
by Pierre Mignard
1682
oil on canvas
47 1/2 in. x 37 1/2 in. (1207 mm x 953 mm)
NPG 497

Beatrix Potter
1866-1943
Writer and illustrator of books for children
by Delmar Banner
1938
oil on canvas
29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm)
NPG 3635

Joseph Priestley
1733-1804
Theologian and scientist
by or after James Sharples
circa 1797
pastel
8 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. (216 mm x 171 mm)
NPG 175

Henry Purcell
1659-1695
Composer
by or after John Closterman
1695
oil on canvas, oval
29 in. x 24 in. (737 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 1352

Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
1700-1777
Eccentric beauty and patron of writers
attributed to Charles Jervas
1720s
oil on canvas
50 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1270 mm x 1010 mm)
NPG 238

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
1781-1826
Colonial governor and zoologist
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
1817
oil on canvas
55 in. x 43 in. (1397 mm x 1092 mm)
NPG 84

Allan Ramsay
1713-1784
Portrait painter
by Allan Ramsay
circa 1737-1739
oil on canvas, oval
24 in. x 18 1/4 in. (610 mm x 464 mm)
NPG 3311

Sir Joshua Reynolds
1723-1792
Painter and first President of the Royal Academy
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
circa 1747-1749
oil on canvas
25 in. x 29 1/4 in. (635 mm x 743 mm)
NPG 41

Richard III
1452-1485
Reigned 1483-5
by Unknown artist
circa 1570-1599 (circa 1470-1499)
oil on panel
25 1/8 in. x 18 1/2 in. (638 mm x 470 mm)
NPG 148

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
1647-1680
Poet and libertine
by Unknown artist
circa 1665-1670
oil on canvas
50 in. x 39 in. (1270 mm x 991 mm)
NPG 804

Anita Roddick
1942-
Environmentalist; founder of The Body Shop
by Sara Rossberg
1995
watercolour
30 1/4 in. x 22 1/4 in. (768 mm x 565 mm)
NPG 6335

Nicolas Jack Roeg
1928-
Film-maker
by Michael Clark
1999
mixed media
20 in. ( 508 mm) high
NPG 6491

Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
1872-1970
Philosopher
by Roger Fry
circa 1923
oil on canvas
21 1/4 in. x 17 3/4 in. (540 mm x 451 mm)
NPG 4832

Ernest Rutherford, Baron Rutherford
1871-1937
Physicist
by Sir James Gunn
1932
oil on canvas
30 in. x 25 in. (762 mm x 635 mm)
NPG 2935

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
1830-1903
Prime Minister
by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
1883
oil on canvas
50 1/8 in. x 36 3/4 in. (1273 mm x 933 mm)
NPG 3242

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt
1771-1832
Novelist and poet
by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
circa 1824
oil on panel
11 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. (292 mm x 241 mm)
NPG 391

Lynn Seymour
1939-
Ballerina
by Andrew Logan
1987-1993
copper sheet and glass set in resin
97 in. (2465 mm)
NPG 6222

William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Dramatist and poet
attributed to John Taylor
circa 1610
oil on canvas, feigned oval
21 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.; 552 x 438 mm
NPG 1

George Bernard Shaw
1856-1950
Playwright
by Sir Jacob Epstein
1934
bronze cast of bust
18 in. (457 mm)
NPG 4047

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1797-1851
Novelist; wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Richard Rothwell
exhibited 1840
oil on canvas
29 in. x 24 in. (737 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 1235

Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-1822
Poet
by Amelia Curran
1819
oil on canvas
23 1/2 in. x 18 3/4 in. (597 mm x 476 mm)
NPG 1234

Sarah Siddons
1755-1831
Actress
by Sir William Beechey
1793
oil on canvas
96 1/2 in. x 60 1/2 in. (2456 mm x 1537 mm)
NPG 5159

Sir Philip Sidney
1554-1586
Soldier, statesman and poet
by Unknown artist
circa 1576(?)
oil on panel
44 7/8 in. x 33 1/8 in. (1139 mm x 840 mm)
NPG 5732

David Alec Gwyn Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury
1939-
Businessman
by James Lloyd
1998
oil on canvas
63 in. x 50 in. (1600 mm x 1270 mm)
NPG 6442

Dame Edith Sitwell
1887-1964
Poet
by Maurice Lambert
circa 1923
modern aluminium cast of bust
14 in. (354 mm)
NPG 5801

Sydney Smith
1771-1845
Wit and Canon of St Paul's
by Henry Perronet Briggs
1840
oil on canvas
50 1/4 in. x 40 1/4 in. (1276 mm x 1022 mm)
NPG 1475

Robert Stephenson
1803-1859
Civil engineer; son of George Stephenson
by John Lucas
oil on canvas
30 in. x 23 5/8 in. (763 mm x 601 mm)
NPG 5792

Marie Carmichael Stopes
1880-1959
Palaeobotanist; pioneer and advocate of birth control
by Sir Gerald Kelly
1953
oil on canvas
28 1/2 in. x 33 3/4 in. (724 mm x 857 mm)
NPG 4111

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
1593-1641
Statesman
studio of Sir Anthony Van Dyck
circa 1636
oil on canvas
54 1/8 in. x 43 in. (1374 mm x 1091 mm)
NPG 4531

Lord George Stuart
1618-1642
Royalist; ninth Seigneur of Aubigny
by Sir Anthony Van Dyck
circa 1638
oil on canvas
86 in. x 52 1/2 in. (2184 mm x 1334 mm)
NPG 5964

Sir Arthur Sullivan, Bt
1842-1900
Composer; collaborated with William Schwenk Gilbert
by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
1888
oil on canvas
45 1/2 in. x 34 1/4 in. (1156 mm x 870 mm)
NPG 1325

Sir Frank Swettenham
1850-1946
Colonial administrator
by John Singer Sargent
1904
oil on canvas
67 1/4 in. x 43 1/2 in. (1708 mm x 1105 mm)
NPG 4837

Jonathan Swift
1667-1745
Satirist and divine
by Charles Jervas
circa 1718
oil on canvas
48 1/2 in. x 38 1/4 in. (1232 mm x 972 mm)
NPG 278

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
1809-1892
Poet Laureate
by Samuel Laurence
circa 1840
oil on canvas
26 3/4 in. x 22 3/4 in. (679 mm x 578 mm)
NPG 2460

Dame Alice Ellen Terry
1847-1928
Actress
by George Frederic Watts
circa 1864
oil on strawboard
18 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. (480 mm x 352 mm)
NPG 5048

Dylan Thomas
1914-1953
Poet
by Augustus John
circa 1937-1938
oil on canvas
18 in. x 13 1/4 in. (457 mm x 337 mm)
NPG L213

John Tradescant the Younger
1608-1662
Gardener and collector
attributed to Thomas De Critz
1652
oil on canvas
31 1/2 in. x 24 in. (800 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 1089

John Tunnard
1900-1971
Painter
by John Tunnard
1959
oil on board
23 7/8 in. x 30 1/8 in. (607 mm x 765 mm)
NPG 6188

Sir Henry Unton
1557-1596
Soldier and diplomat
by Unknown artist
circa 1596
oil on panel
29 1/8 in. x 64 1/4 in. (740 mm x 1632 mm)
NPG 710

Derek Walcott
1930-
Carribean poet, playwright and theatre director
by Ross Wilson
1997
acrylic pigments and chalk on card
31 in. x 42 in. (790 mm x 1092 mm)
NPG 6400

Sir Barnes Wallis
1887-1979
Engineer and inventor
by Alfred Egerton Cooper
1942
oil on canvas board
14 3/8 in. x 12 3/8 in. (365 mm x 314 mm)
NPG 5464

Sir Francis Walsingham
1530-1590
Statesman
attributed to John De Critz the Elder
circa 1585
oil on panel
30 in. x 25 in. (762 mm x 635 mm)
NPG 1807

Sir William Walton
1902-1983
Composer
by Michael Ayrton
1948
oil on canvas
24 1/8 in. x 36 in. (613 mm x 915 mm)
NPG 5138

James Watt
1736-1819
Engineer
by Carl Frederik von Breda
1792
oil on canvas
49 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1257 mm x 1003 mm)
NPG 186a

Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood
1910-1997
Historian
by Sir Lawrence Gowing
1944
oil on canvas
17 3/4 x 14 in. (452 x 355 mm)
NPG 6405

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1769-1852
Field-Marshal and Prime Minister
by Robert Home
1804
oil on canvas
29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm)
NPG 1471

Herbert George Wells
1866-1946
Writer
by Feliks Topolski
1943
oil on canvas
30 1/8 in. x 25 1/8 in. (765 mm x 638 mm)
NPG 6324

John Wesley
1703-1791
Methodist leader
by Nathaniel Hone
circa 1766
oil on canvas
49 1/2 in. x 39 1/4 in. (1257 mm x 997 mm)
NPG 135

William Wilberforce
1759-1833
Philanthropist and reformer
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
1828
oil on canvas
38 in. x 43 in. (965 mm x 1092 mm)
NPG 3

William III
1650-1702
Reigned 1689-1702
after Sir Peter Lely
(1677)
oil on canvas
49 in. x 39 1/4 in. (1245 mm x 997 mm)
NPG 1902

Edward, Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII)
1894-1972
Reigned 1936
by Leonard Jennings
circa 1930-1939
bronze statuette
32 3/4 in. (832 mm)
NPG 6138

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
1896-1986
Wife of Duke of Windsor
by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
1939
oil on canvas
40 x 32 in (1016 x 813 mm)
NPG 6416

Mary Wollstonecraft
1759-1797
Writer and feminist; wife of William Godwin
by John Opie
circa 1797
oil on canvas
30 1/4 in. x 25 1/4 in. (768 mm x 641 mm)
NPG 1237

Thomas Wolsey

1475-1530
Cardinal and statesman
by Unknown artist
circa 1570-1599 (circa 1520)
oil on panel, arched top
33 in. x 22 in. (838 mm x 559 mm)
NPG 32

Virginia Woolf
1882-1941
Novelist and critic; wife of Leonard Woolf
by Vanessa Bell
1912
oil on board
15 3/4 in. x 13 3/8 in. (400 mm x 340 mm)
NPG 5933

William Wordsworth
1770-1850
Poet Laureate
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
1842
oil on canvas
49 in. x 39 in. (1245 mm x 991 mm)
NPG 1857

Sir Christopher Wren
1632-1723
Architect and scientist
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
1711
oil on canvas
49 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1245 mm x 1003 mm)
NPG 113

 

Double and Group portraits

The House of Commons, 1833 (includes George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby; William Ewart Gladstone; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Sir George Hayter; John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt; Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and 308 other known sitters)
by Sir George Hayter
1833-1843
oil on canvas
118 1/4 in. x 196 in. (3003 mm x 4978 mm)
NPG 54

Francis Hayman; Grosvenor Bedford
by Francis Hayman
circa 1748-1750
oil on canvas
28 1/4 in. x 36 in. (718 mm x 914 mm)
NPG 217

The Somerset House Conference, 1604 (Juan de Velasco Frias; Juan de Tassis, Count of Villa Mediana; Alessandro Robida; Charles de Ligne, Count of Aremberg; Jean Richardot; Louis Vereyken; Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset; Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham; Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire; Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton; Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne)
by Unknown artist
1604
oil on canvas
81 in. x 105 1/2 in. (2057 mm x 2680 mm)
NPG 665

William Pitt addressing the House of Commons on the French declaration of war, 1793 (also includes Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport; John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess of Camden; George Canning; Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine; Charles James Fox; Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood; Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville; John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; William Wilberforce and 85 other figures)
by Karl Anton Hickel
1793-1795
oil on canvas
127 in. x 177 in. (3226 mm x 4496 mm)
NPG 745

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart; Princess Louisa Maria Theresa Stuart
by Nicolas de Largillière
1695
oil on canvas
75 7/8 in. x 57 3/8 in. (1928 mm x 1457 mm)
NPG 976

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 (also includes Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville; Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey; Sir George Hayter; Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; William IV; Frederick, Duke of York and Albany and 176 others)
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

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

The Brontë Sisters (Anne Brontë; Emily Brontë; Charlotte Brontë)
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 (George V; Mary Victoria Alexandra Alice; Edward, Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII); Queen Mary)
by Sir John Lavery
1913
oil on canvas
134 in. x 107 in. (3403 mm x 2718 mm)
NPG 1745

Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888 (includes Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt; George Richmond; William Powell Frith; Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema; Frank (Francis Montague) Holl; Sir Edward Poynter, Bt; Sir William Quiller Orchardson; Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton; Ferdinand James de Rothschild; Henry Jamyn Brooks; Sir George Scharf; William Holman Hunt; William Ewart Gladstone; George Frederic Watts; John Ruskin and 50 others)
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
1889
oil on canvas
60 in. x 160 in. (1524 mm x 4064 mm)
NPG 1833

Statesmen of World War I (includes the Maharaja of Bikaner; Sir Robert Laird Borden; Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Andrew Bonar Law; Edward Patrick Morris, Baron Morris; Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum; Sir Joseph Cook; William Morris Hughes; David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George; William Ferguson Massey; Sir Winston Spencer Churchill; Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon; Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith and 4 others)
by Sir James Guthrie
1924-1930
oil on canvas
156 in. x 132 in. (3962 mm x 3353 mm)
NPG 2463

The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909 (Dugald Sutherland MacColl; Alfred William Rich; Frederick Brown; Ambrose McEvoy; Sir William Rothenstein; Sir William Orpen; Walter Sickert; Philip Wilson Steer; Augustus John; Henry Tonks)
by Sir William Orpen
1909
oil on canvas
27 1/2 in. x 35 1/2 in. (699 mm x 902 mm)
NPG 2556

Sir Thomas More, his Father, his Household and his Descendants (Sir John More; Anne More; Sir Thomas More; John More; Cicely Heron; Elizabeth Dauncey; Margaret Roper; John More; Thomas More II; Cresacre More; Maria More)
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

Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, 1940 (George VI; Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret Rose )
by Sir James Gunn
1950
oil on canvas
59 1/2 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1511 mm x 1003 mm)
NPG 3778

Henry VIII; Henry VII
by Hans Holbein the Younger
circa 1536-1537
ink and watercolour
101 1/2 in. x 54 in. (2578 mm x 1372 mm)
NPG 4027

Edward VI and the Pope (includes John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford; Thomas Cranmer; Edward VI; Henry VIII; John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset)
by Unknown artist
circa 1570
oil on panel
24 1/2 in. x 35 3/4 in. (622 mm x 908 mm)
NPG 4165

Sketch for The Mission of Mercy: Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari (also includes Sir William Linton, Alexis Benoit Soyer and Sir Henry Knight Storks)
by Jerry Barrett
circa 1856
oil on canvas
16 in. x 24 in. (406 mm x 610 mm)
NPG 4305

The Capel Family (Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex; Charles Capel; Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capel; Elizabeth, Lady Capel; Henry Capel, 2nd Baron Capel; Mary Capel, Duchess of Beaufort; Elizabeth, Countess of Carnarvon)
by Cornelius Johnson (or Jonson)
circa 1640
oil on canvas
63 in. x 102 in. (1600 mm x 2591 mm)
NPG 4759

Dame Laura Knight; Ella Louise Naper
by Dame Laura Knight
1913
oil on canvas
60 in. x 50 1/4 in. (1524 mm x 1276 mm)
NPG 4839

'The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor) (Elizabeth, Duchess of Wellington; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Queen Victoria; Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell)
by Thomas Jones Barker
circa 1863
oil on canvas
66 in. x 84 1/8 in. (1676 mm x 2138 mm)
NPG 4969

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; James II
by Sir Peter Lely
circa 1660-1669
oil on canvas
55 in. x 75 1/8 in. (1397 mm x 1920 mm)
NPG 5077

Sir Peter Pears; Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten
by Kenneth Green
1943
oil on canvas
28 1/8 in. x 38 1/8 in. (715 mm x 969 mm)
NPG 5136

Charles II at Whiteladies (Charles II; Richard Penderel)
by Isaac Fuller
circa 1660-1670
oil on canvas
84 in. x 73 in. (2133 mm x 1854 mm)
NPG 5247

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

Charles II and Colonel William Carlos in the Royal Oak
by Isaac Fuller
circa 1660-1670
oil on canvas
83 3/4 in. x 124 1/4 in. (2127 mm x 3156 mm)
NPG 5249

Charles II on Humphrey Penderel's Mill Horse
by Isaac Fuller
circa 1660-1670
oil on canvas
84 3/8 in. x 93 3/4 in. (2143 mm x 2381 mm)
NPG 5250

Charles II and Jane Lane riding to Bristol
by Isaac Fuller
circa 1660-1670
oil on canvas
83 1/2 in. x 93 5/8 in. (2121 mm x 2378 mm)
NPG 5251

Robert Clive and Mir Jaffier after the Battle of Plassey, 1757
by Francis Hayman
circa 1760
oil on canvas
39 1/2 in. x 50 in. (1003 mm x 1270 mm)
NPG 5263

David Garrick; Eva Maria Garrick
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
exhibited 1773
oil on canvas
55 1/4 in. x 66 7/8 in. (1403 mm x 1699 mm)
NPG 5375

The Landing of HRH The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 7th March 1863 (includes Alexandra of Denmark; Christian IX of Denmark; Princess Dagmar; Edward VII; Prince Frederick of Denmark; Prince George of Denmark; Queen Louise; Henry Nelson O'Neil; Admiral Seymour; Princess Thyra of Denmark; Prince Valdemar of Denmark)
by Henry Nelson O'Neil
1864
oil on canvas
52 in. x 84 in. (1321 mm x 2134 mm)
NPG 5487

The Family of Sir Robert Vyner (Bridget, Duchess of Leeds; Mary, Lady Vyner; Charles Vyner; Sir Robert Vyner)
by John Michael Wright
1673
oil on canvas
57 in. x 77 in. (1448 mm x 1956 mm)
NPG 5568

John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lydia Keynes, Lady Keynes
by William Roberts
exhibited 1932
oil on canvas
28 1/2 in. x 31 3/4 in. (724 mm x 806 mm)
NPG 5587

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

Ben Nicholson; Dame Barbara Hepworth
by Ben Nicholson
1933
oil on canvas
10 3/4 in. x 6 5/8 in. (273 mm x 168 mm)
NPG 5591

The Shudi Family Group (Burkat Shudi; Joshua Shudi; Catherine Shudi; Burkat Shudi)
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 Relief of Lucknow, 1857 (includes Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde; Sir James Hope Grant; William Wilbeforce Harris Greathed; Sir Henry Havelock, Bt; Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis; Thomas Henry Kavanagh; Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala; Sir Henry Wylie Norman; Sir James Outram, 1st Bt; Sir William Peel; Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts; William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst and more than 48 others)
by Thomas Jones Barker
1859
oil on canvas
41 1/2 in. x 71 3/8 in. (1054 mm x 1813 mm)
NPG 5851

Mary Wilkes; John Wilkes
by Johan Zoffany
exhibited 1782
oil on canvas
49 3/4 in. x 39 1/2 in. (1264 mm x 1003 mm)
NPG 6133

Women's Page Contributors to The Guardian (Posy Simmonds; Jill Sheila Tweedie; Polly Toynbee; Elizabeth Anne Lucy Forgan; Mary Stott)
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

Norma Christina Elizabeth Major; John Major
by John Wonnacott
1997
oil on board
85 3/4 x 60 in. (2180 x 1527 mm)
NPG 6402

Architects of the Gallery Masterplan (Edward David Brynmor Jones; Sir Jeremy Dixon; Charles Saumarez Smith)
by John Lessore
1999
oil on canvas
80 in. x 80 in. (2032 mm x 2032 mm)
NPG 6493

The Death of the Earl of Chatham (includes John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess of Camden; William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham; Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn; Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford; William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield; James Charles Pitt; William Pitt; William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox; Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham and 44 others)
by John Singleton Copley
1779-1781
oil on canvas
90 in. x 121 in. (2286 mm x 3073 mm)
NPG L146

The Sharp family (includes Mary Lloyd-Baker; Elizabeth Prowse; Anna Jemima Sharp; Catherine Sharp; Catherine Sharp; Frances Sharp; Granville Sharp; James Sharp; Mrs James Sharp; John Sharp; Judith Sharp; Mary Sharp; William Sharp)
by Johan Zoffany
1779-1781
oil on canvas
45 1/2 in. x 49 1/2 in. (1156 mm x 1257 mm)
NPG L169

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Queen Victoria
copy after a marble by William Theed
1868 (1863-1867)
plaster cast of statue
80 in. x 48 in. x 26 3/4 in. (2032 mm x 1219 mm x 679 mm)
NPG L179

Sitters A - L


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