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Anthony Trollope

(1815-1882), Novelist

Sitter associated with 27 portraits
Novelist. Trollope spent his working life as a post office official, for much of the time in Ireland, and claimed to be the inventor of the pillar-box. Best known for his 'Barsetshire' novels, including Barchester Towers, 1857, and for his political novels featuring the Pallisers; he was also the author of several accounts of his travels in the colonies on post office business.

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Probably Anthony Trollope or Henry Trollope, by Auguste Hervieu - NPG 3906b

Probably Anthony Trollope or Henry Trollope

by Auguste Hervieu
watercolour, 1832
NPG 3906b

Anthony Trollope, by Samuel Laurence - NPG 1680

Anthony Trollope

by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1864
NPG 1680

Anthony Trollope, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P214

Anthony Trollope

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1864
NPG P214

Anthony Trollope, by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG 3915

Anthony Trollope

by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, study for drawing published in Vanity Fair 5 April 1873
NPG 3915

Anthony Trollope, by and after Herbert Watkins - NPG x12824

Anthony Trollope

by and after Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1850s-early 1860s
NPG x12824

Anthony Trollope, after Herbert Watkins - NPG Ax18372

Anthony Trollope

after Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18372

Anthony Trollope, by Marcus Ward & Co - NPG x12819

Anthony Trollope

by Marcus Ward & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12819

Anthony Trollope, by Herbert Watkins - NPG x32949

Anthony Trollope

by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x32949

Anthony Trollope, published by Ashford Brothers & Co - NPG x12817

Anthony Trollope

published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12817

Anthony Trollope, by Adolphe Naudin - NPG Ax7541

Anthony Trollope

by Adolphe Naudin
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax7541

Anthony Trollope, by Adolphe Naudin - NPG x197173

Anthony Trollope

by Adolphe Naudin
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG x197173

Anthony Trollope, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x12818

Anthony Trollope

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG x12818

Anthony Trollope, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x197174

Anthony Trollope

by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG x197174

Anthony Trollope, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG Ax17828

Anthony Trollope

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax17828

Anthony Trollope, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG Ax18230

Anthony Trollope

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax18230

Anthony Trollope, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x12820

Anthony Trollope

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x12820

Anthony Trollope, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company - NPG x75762

Anthony Trollope

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x75762

Anthony Trollope, by Window & Grove - NPG x134140

Anthony Trollope

by Window & Grove
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1870s
NPG x134140

Anthony Trollope, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x197419

Anthony Trollope

by Elliott & Fry
albumen print, circa 1875
NPG x197419

Authors and Novelists, published by Hughes & Edmonds - NPG Ax132899

Authors and Novelists

published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132899

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