Charles George Gordon
(1833-1885), GeneralSitter associated with 27 portraits
After a military career in the Crimea, China and Africa, he was killed at Khartoum during the Mahdi's uprising in the Sudan.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3576
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 19 February 1881
NPG 2575
by Edward Clifford
pencil, 1882
NPG 1479
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, circa 1885
NPG 864
by Lady Julia Abercromby
watercolour, after 1885
NPG 1772
by Leo Diet, based on a photograph by Studio Géruzet Frères
oil on canvas, before 1907, based on a work of 1884
NPG 1474
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax137927
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, 1874-1885
NPG x12604
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
woodburytype on paper mount, 1874-1885
NPG x36106
by Adams & Scanlan
albumen cabinet card, circa 1884
NPG x24417
by Adams & Stilliard
albumen cabinet card, circa 1884
NPG x12605
by Adams & Scanlan
albumen cabinet card, circa 1884
NPG x29693
after Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1885
NPG x36105
Hamo Thornycroft with his statue of Charles George Gordon
by F.W. Edwards
albumen cabinet card, 15 October 1887
NPG x12593
Hamo Thornycroft with his statue of Charles George Gordon
by F.W. Edwards
platinotype cabinet card, 15 October 1887
NPG x12594
Statue of Charles George Gordon by Sir (William) Hamo Thornycroft
by F.W. Edwards
platinotype cabinet card, 15 October 1887
NPG x134167
by Smythe
watercolour, 1859
NPG D105
Charles George Gordon ('Men of the Day. No. 241.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 February 1881
NPG D44000
Charles George Gordon ('General Gordon in Khartoum')
by Unknown artist
embossed chromolithographic 'scrap', circa 1884-1885
NPG D33853
by London Fine Art Association
lithograph, 1884
NPG D34610
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