George Frederic Watts
(1817-1904), Painter and sculptor; Trustee of the National Portrait GallerySitter in 43 portraits
Artist associated with 93 portraits
Painter; won premiums at Westminster Palace Competitions, 1842 and 1847; visited Italy, 1843-7; his large allegorical works on universal themes appealed deeply to the Victorians, and he was considered to be the greatest English artist of his age; RA, 1867; married the actress Ellen Terry, 1864 (separated 1865), and secondly the artist and ceramicist Mary Fraser Tytler, 1886.
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1847
NPG 1010
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1850-1851
NPG 1016
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1851
NPG 895
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1852
NPG 3787
by George Frederic Watts
black chalk, circa 1852
NPG 1006
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1852
NPG 2635
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1853
NPG 2059
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Bt
by George Frederic Watts
coloured chalk, circa 1855
NPG 3076
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1856-1857
NPG 685
Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1856-1857
NPG 684
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1859
NPG 1126
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, circa 1860
NPG 1263
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, circa 1860
NPG 5087
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 1005
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 683
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, 1862
NPG 1012
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1863
NPG 1324
by George Frederic Watts
oil on strawboard mounted on Gatorfoam, 1864
NPG 5048
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1864-1865
NPG 2274
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1866
NPG 1001
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1867
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1542
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1868-1870
NPG 1014
Sir Charles Hallé (né Carl Halle)
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1870
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1004
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1871
NPG 3077
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1871
NPG 3552
by George Frederic Watts
oil on linen, circa 1871
NPG 1011
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Bt
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1873
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1827
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, after 1873
NPG 1127
replica by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1873, based on a work of 1873
NPG 1251
by George Frederic Watts
chalk, circa 1874
NPG 3983
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, circa 1874
NPG 1013
(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1878
NPG 1350
Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1881
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1315
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1881
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1049
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1882
NPG 1349
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1884
NPG 1007
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1887
NPG 2893
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1891
On display at The Watts Gallery, Compton
NPG 1750
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1893
NPG 1003
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1893
NPG 1543
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1894
NPG 3958
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1894-1895
NPG 1276
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1895
NPG 2194
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon and 3rd Earl de Grey
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1895
NPG 1553
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 1407
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 1744
Sir (William Matthew) Flinders Petrie
by George Frederic Watts
oil on canvas, 1900
NPG 3959
published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (1850-1852)
NPG Ax199213
published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (circa 1853)
NPG Ax199214
Virginia Somers-Cocks (née Pattle), Countess Somers
by Unknown photographer, after George Frederic Watts
albumen print, mid 1850s
NPG x199698
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john Andrewartha
20 November 2019, 16:32
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
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