Terracotta
A coarse-grained red clay that has been fired at low temperatures and left unglazed in its natural warm red colour. The name is also used for any clay that has been fired - terracotta literally means 'baked earth'.
King James II
by Unknown artist
1685-1688
NPG 5869
King George I
by John Michael Rysbrack
circa 1720-1735
NPG 4156
Alexander Pope
after Louis François Roubiliac
possibly late 19th century, based on a work of circa 1738
NPG 2483
William Hogarth
by Louis François Roubiliac
circa 1741
NPG 121
George Frideric Handel
by Unknown artist
circa 1755-1780
NPG 878
Benjamin Franklin
by Jean Baptiste Nini
1777
NPG 722
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
by Carlo Pellegrini
1873
NPG 5106
Sir Hubert von Herkomer
by (Edward) Onslow Ford
1877
NPG 6196
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
circa 1880
NPG 4291
Charles Darwin
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
1883
NPG 761
Henry Smith
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
1883
NPG 787
Thomas Bodkin
by Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler
1955
NPG 5015