Sanguine
A French term for red chalk traditionally derived from red iron oxide and popular for the softness and warmth it gives to a drawing. Conté crayons and chalks are traditionally available in sanguine.
Edward Gibbon
by Unknown artist
circa 1785-1790
NPG 4854
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
by William Rothenstein
circa 1895
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Neville Stephen Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton
by William Rothenstein
1906
NPG 4784
Dame Margery Perham
by William Rothenstein
1919
NPG 5484
John Henry Whitley
by William Rothenstein
1924
NPG 4799
Rabindranath Tagore
by William Rothenstein
1930
NPG 6697
Rudyard Kipling
by William Rothenstein
circa 1932
NPG 3874
Sir Stanley Spencer
by William Rothenstein
1932
NPG 5499
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang of Lambeth
by Ivan Opffer
1934
NPG 5444
Sir Frank Brangwyn
by Arthur Henry Knighton-Hammond
1937
NPG 4374
Tom Mann
by Ivan Opffer
1938
NPG 5447
Katharine Macdonald
by Powys Evans
1939
NPG D33466