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.
published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (1859)
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published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (1859)
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Emily Sarah (née Sellwood), Lady Tennyson
published by T. Fisher Unwin, after George Frederic Watts
photogravure, published 1893 (1862)
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Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
by Schnadhorst & Heilbronn, after Unknown engraver, after George Frederic Watts
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863-1864
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by James Posselwhite, published by Charles Knight, after George Frederic Watts
stipple and line engraving, published circa 1833
NPG D15458
Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Bt
by Thomas Herbert Maguire, printed by M & N Hanhart, after George Frederic Watts
lithograph, 1840s
NPG D37316
Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (née Walpole)
after George Frederic Watts
lithograph, (1844)
NPG D9487
Lady Dorothy Fanny Nevill (née Walpole)
after George Frederic Watts
lithograph, (1844)
NPG D9872
by Samuel Cousins, after George Frederic Watts
mezzotint, (1854)
NPG D34969
after George Frederic Watts
etching, 1860s
NPG D36521
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
after George Frederic Watts
stipple engraving, 1860s
NPG D38467
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
by Sir George Scharf, after George Frederic Watts, after Unknown photographer
pencil on tracing paper, 26 July 1860
NPG D38706
by James Stephenson, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Scott & Co, after George Frederic Watts
line engraving, published 1 February 1862
NPG D40522
by John Outrim, after George Frederic Watts
line engraving, (circa 1866)
NPG D39524
by Paul Adolphe Rajon, after George Frederic Watts
etching, (1873)
NPG D38409
by Paul Adolphe Rajon, published by Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after George Frederic Watts
etching, published 1 July 1876 (1873)
NPG D38299
Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham
by James Faed the Elder, after George Frederic Watts
mezzotint, (1878)
NPG D7312
by George Frederic Watts
etching, circa 1879
NPG D18059
by George Frederic Watts
etching, circa 1879
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by George Frederic Watts
etching, circa 1879
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john Andrewartha
20 November 2019, 16:32
George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
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