George Frederic Watts
(1817-1904), Painter and sculptor; Trustee of the National Portrait GalleryLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter 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 Henry Wyndham Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1850
NPG 1378
by James Soame
albumen print, circa 1854-1858
NPG P68
by George Frederic Watts
oil on panel, circa 1860
NPG 5087
by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1863
NPG P86
by David Wilkie Wynfield
albumen print, 1863
NPG P96
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1864
NPG P215
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, circa 1865-1869
NPG P125
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888
by Henry Jamyn Brooks
oil on canvas, 1889
NPG 1833
by Henry Poole
bronze statuette
NPG 2480
by Alphonse Legros
bronze medal, 1895-1900
NPG 1980
by Louis Reid Deuchars, after a photograph by George Andrews
oil on canvas, 1899
NPG 5223
by Edward Steichen
photogravure, 1900
NPG P168
by Enrico Cantoni
painted plaster, 1904
NPG 5283
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax14830
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax17281
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax17855
by Elliott & Fry
albumen print on card mount, arched top, circa 1870
NPG x27302
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1880
NPG x129604
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1880
NPG x20029
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1882
NPG Ax17676
by Alexander Bassano
albumen print, 23 November 1883
NPG x9054
by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after Frank Dudman, for Joseph Parkin Mayall
photogravure, circa 1883, published 1884
NPG Ax27825
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), published by T. Fisher Unwin
photogravure, published 1893 (1885)
NPG Ax29138
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)
albumen print on card, 1885
NPG x20030
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1889
NPG x127493
by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print, circa 1889, published 1892
NPG x7399
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, 1890s
NPG x27297
possibly by Thomas Donovan & Co
platinotype cabinet card, 1890
NPG x27296
by Frederick Hollyer
platinum print on card mount, 1893
NPG x19020
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1904
NPG x197044
by Emery Walker Ltd, after George Andrews
photogravure, published 1912 (6 June 1895)
NPG x27301
by George Andrews
bromide print on card mount, 6 June 1895
NPG x19021
by George Andrews
bromide print, February 1896
NPG x35396
after George Andrews
photogravure postcard print, February 1896; published 1904 or after
NPG x197701
by E.H. Mills, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1900
NPG x27299
by Alphonse Legros
drypoint, circa 1879
NPG D32232
George Frederic Watts ('Men of the Day. No. 526.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 December 1891
NPG D44574
after John Caswall Smith
relief halftone, before 1899
NPG D32140
by Mortimer Luddington Menpes
drypoint, circa 1900
NPG D32233
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john Andrewartha
20 November 2019, 16:32
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
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