Hardboard
Thin, stiff board, made of compressed sawdust and woodchips which have been reduced to a pulp and then reconstituted. Hardboard panels have one smooth and one mesh-like surface, both of which can be used to paint on. Often they are sanded or covered with fabric before painting.
Philip Connard
by Philip Connard
1910s or 1920s?
NPG 4702
(Maurice) Denton Welch
by (Maurice) Denton Welch
circa 1940-1942
NPG 4080
Kathleen Raine
by Victoria Crowe
1984
NPG 5748