Alfred Thompson (Atn)
(active 1862-1876), CartoonistArtist associated with 29 portraits
In the 1870s Thompson was one of an international group of artists who worked for Vanity Fair magazine. They produced caricatures of many of the leading characters of the day, including artists, athletes, royalty, statesmen, scientists, authors, actors, soldiers and scholars. He signed his works 'Atn'.
John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 12 February 1870
NPG 2628
Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 19 February 1870
NPG 2734
John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 26 February 1870
NPG 2604
Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 5 February 1870
NPG 5784
Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford ('Statesmen No. 39.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 February 1870
NPG D43417
John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton ('Statesmen No. 40.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 February 1870
NPG D43418
Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell ('Statesmen No. 41.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 February 1870
NPG D43419
John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend ('Statesmen No. 42. "The Beggar's Friend."')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 February 1870
NPG D43420
William Ballantine ('Men of the Day No. 4.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 5 March 1870
NPG D43421
(John) Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington ('Statesmen No. 43.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 12 March 1870
NPG D43422
Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt ('Statesmen No. 44.)
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 March 1870
NPG D43423
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 March 1870
NPG D43424
Sir (Jonathan) Frederick Pollock, 1st Bt ('Judges No. 4.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 April 1870
NPG D43425
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ('Statesmen No. 46.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 9 April 1870
NPG D43426
Nawab Nasim Mansur Ali Khan of Bengal ('Sovereigns No. 8.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 16 April 1870
NPG D43427
Prince George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge ('Statesmen No. 47.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 April 1870
NPG D43428
John Duke Coleridge. 1st Baron Coleridge ('Statesmen No. 48.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 30 April 1870
NPG D43429
Henry John Rous ('Men of the Day No. 5.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 May 1870
NPG D43430
Prince Francis, Duke of Teck ('Men of the Day No. 6.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 May 1870
NPG D43431
Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Bt ('Men of the Day No. 7. "The purist of the Turf."')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 May 1870
NPG D43432
Ralph Bernal Osborne ('Statesmen No. 49.')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 28 May 1870
NPG D43433
Sir William Vernon Harcourt ('Statesmen No. 50')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 June 1870
NPG D43434
Prince Francis, Duke of Teck ('Men of the Day. No. 6.)
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 May 1870
NPG D45752
Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Bt ('The purist of the turf')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published 1870
NPG D3238
Henry John Rous ('As straight as a reed')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published 1870
NPG D5845
Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, 3rd Bt ('The purist of the turf')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published 1870
NPG D5966
John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
chromolithograph, published 1870
NPG D8716
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, and Carlo Pellegrini, and Alfred Thompson (Atn), and Sir Leslie Ward, and Théobald Chartran ('T'), and Adriano Cecioni
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, assembled from prints published 1869-1886
NPG D39296
Henry John Rous ('As straight as a reed')
by Alfred Thompson (Atn)
lithograph, published 1870
NPG D5846
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