Frank Salisbury
(1874-1962), PainterFrancis Owen ('Frank') Salisbury
Sitter in 38 portraits
Artist associated with 17 portraits
Born in Hertfordshire, Salisbury won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools at the age of eighteen. He won many prizes during five years at the RA Schools and travelled to Italy in 1896 after being awarded the Landseer scholarship. Salisbury quickly acquired a considerable reputation. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1899 to 1943 and his career as a portrait painter also flourished in the United States. His sitters include five presidents of the United States, five British prime ministers and many members of the British royal family, including the official coronation portraits of King George VI.
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) as Prince of Wales
by Frank Salisbury
oil on board, 1917
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7006
by Frank Salisbury
oil on board, 1917
NPG 7007
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1918
NPG 5021
by Frank Salisbury
black chalk on white paper, 1922
NPG 5832
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1926
NPG 5018
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1943
NPG 3688
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
by Frank Salisbury
charcoal and coloured chalk on grey paper, 1944
NPG 5833
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frank Salisbury
oil on canvas, 1945
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L165
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frank Salisbury
charcoal; chalk, 1945
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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
by Frank Salisbury
charcoal; chalk, 1945
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by Julia Emily Clutterbuck (Mrs Alsop), after Frank Salisbury
mezzotint, after 1901
NPG D34500
Thanksgiving Service for King George V after twentyfive years' reign
after Frank Salisbury
photograph of painting, (circa 1935)
NPG D34068
Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry, 1st Baron Perry
by Lawrence Josset, printed by Thomas Ross & Son, after Frank Salisbury
mezzotint printed in colours, 1938 or after (1937)
NPG D40166
Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough
after Frank Salisbury
chromolithograph, (1947)
NPG D39148
published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after Frank Salisbury
colour offset lithograph, based on a work of 1942
NPG D49735
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