William Nicholson
(1872-1949), ArtistSir William Newzam Prior Nicholson
Sitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 30 portraits
Sir William Nicholson was a distinguished and dandified Edwardian portrait painter, poster designer and painter of still lifes.
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William Nicholson; Ben Nicholson
by Unknown artist
ink and wash, circa 1916
NPG 6379
by Unknown photographer
albumen print mounted on card, circa 1890
NPG x76908
by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 3 February 1908
NPG Ax7787
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1920
NPG x21528
by Augustus Charles Cooper
sepia-matte bromide print, 1943
NPG x11842
by Augustus Charles Cooper
sepia-matte bromide print, 1943
NPG x11841
by William Nicholson, after Malcolm Arbuthnot
woodcut, (1912)
NPG D695
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