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Charles Knight

(1791-1873), Writer and publisher

Sitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 9 portraits

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John Somers, Baron Somers, by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Charles Knight, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D31092

John Somers, Baron Somers

by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Charles Knight, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D31092

Sir William Herschel, by Edward Scriven, published by Charles Knight, after John Russell - NPG D35725

Sir William Herschel

by Edward Scriven, published by Charles Knight, after John Russell
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D35725

John Smeaton, by Richard Woodman, published by Charles Knight, after a painting attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer - NPG D41730

John Smeaton

by Richard Woodman, published by Charles Knight, after a painting attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41730

John Somers, Baron Somers, by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Charles Knight, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D41805

John Somers, Baron Somers

by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by Charles Knight, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D41805

John Flaxman, by Richard Woodman, published by Charles Knight, after John Jackson - NPG D36968

John Flaxman

by Richard Woodman, published by Charles Knight, after John Jackson
stipple engraving, published 1833
NPG D36968

Geoffrey Chaucer, by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Charles Knight - NPG D14532

Geoffrey Chaucer

by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Charles Knight
line engraving, published circa 1833
NPG D14532

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento, by William Henry Mote, published by Charles Knight, after Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, after François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard - NPG D15416

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Benevento

by William Henry Mote, published by Charles Knight, after Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers, after François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard
line engraving, published circa 1833
NPG D15416

Jeremy Bentham, by James Posselwhite, published by Charles Knight, after George Frederic Watts - NPG D15458

Jeremy Bentham

by James Posselwhite, published by Charles Knight, after George Frederic Watts
stipple and line engraving, published circa 1833
NPG D15458

John Selden, by Robert Hart, published by Charles Knight, after Sir Peter Lely - NPG D5933

John Selden

by Robert Hart, published by Charles Knight, after Sir Peter Lely
stipple and line engraving, published 1835
NPG D5933

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