Frank Salisbury
(1874-1962), PainterFrancis Owen ('Frank') Salisbury
Sitter in 38 portraits
Artist associated with 18 portraits
Born in Hertfordshire, Salisbury won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools at the age of eighteen. He won many prizes during five years at the RA Schools and travelled to Italy in 1896 after being awarded the Landseer scholarship. Salisbury quickly acquired a considerable reputation. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1899 to 1943 and his career as a portrait painter also flourished in the United States. His sitters include five presidents of the United States, five British prime ministers and many members of the British royal family, including the official coronation portraits of King George VI.
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 25 April 1911
NPG x128579
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, early 1930s
NPG x194179
by Augustus Charles Cooper
bromide print, 1937
NPG x22343
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate nitrate negative, 23 January 1939
NPG x15380
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 23 January 1939
NPG x84692
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76059
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76060
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76061
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76062
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76063
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76064
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76065
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76066
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76067
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76068
Frank Salisbury with his gardener
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76069
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76070
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76071
Frank Salisbury with his gardener
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76072
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, late 1940s
NPG Ax76073
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