Drinking and eating
Portraits that show sitters drinking or eating, or where food and drink figure prominently. Explore the full list here.
Sir Henry Unton
by Unknown artist
circa 1596
NPG 710
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne; Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
circa 1721
NPG 3215
Stanley Lees Giffard and his family
by Unknown artist
circa 1830
NPG 6367
Edinburgh Ale
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
1843-1848
NPG P6(141)
Frank Burnand
by Harry Furniss
1880s-1900s
NPG 3430
William Ewart Gladstone
by Harry Furniss
1880s-1900s
NPG 3368
Sir Walter Besant; James Rice
by Archibald John Stuart Wortley
1882
NPG 2280
Dinner at Haddo House, 1884
by Alfred Edward Emslie
1884
NPG 3845
Joseph Ashby-Sterry
by Harry Furniss
NPG 6251(2)
Captain Scott's Birthday Dinner, 6 June 1911
by Herbert George Ponting
6 June 1911
NPG P1100
Natalie Bevan (née Ackenhausen, later Denny) ('Supper (Natalie Denny)')
by Mark Gertler
1928
NPG 6877
Brigid Antonia Brophy
by J.S. Lewinski
March 1968
NPG P1045
Margot Fonteyn
by Bern Schwartz
3 May 1977
NPG P1167
Sarah Lucas ('Eating a Banana')
by Sarah Lucas
1990
NPG P884(1)
Chefs' Last Supper
by John Reardon
2003
NPG P1121
The Darkness (Justin David Hawkins; Ed Graham; Dan Hawkins; Francis Poullain)
by Harry Borden
23 May 2003
NPG x128146
Shin Azumi; Tomoko Azumi
by Steve Speller
10 August 2004
NPG x126787
'Gimba - The Ward Host' (Gimba Bariketu)
by Hassan Akkad
2020
NPG x201402