Henry Tanworth Wells
(1828-1903), Miniature and portrait painterSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 107 portraits
Trained as an artist from a young age, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from the age of eighteen. He specialised in painting miniatures, but the development of photography rapidly made this form of artistic production obsolete, and he turned his attention to painting in oils. He exhibited his first oil portrait at the Royal Academy in 1861, became an associate five years later and was elected a full academician in 1870. Wells was chiefly known as the painter of groups of regiments and volunteers. He also produced about fifty crayon portraits of political and society figures. His best know work is Victoria Regina (1880), which depicts Princess Victoria receiving the news of her accession.
by Charles William Sherborn, after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, 1884 or after
NPG D20728
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1884 or before
NPG D9590
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, (1884)
NPG D9989
Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886
NPG D20711
Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886 or after
NPG D20729
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886 or after
NPG D20731
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886 or after
NPG D20732
Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886
NPG D7389
Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
by Joseph Brown, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1886
NPG D18070
(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1887 or after
NPG D20730
(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1887 or after
NPG D9831
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1888 or after
NPG D20733
Lord Arthur John Edward Russell
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1888 or after
NPG D20734
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
by George J. Stodart, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1888
NPG D9639
by Charles William Sherborn, after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, 1889 or after
NPG D21206
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
by William Roffe, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1889 or after
NPG D20735
by Charles William Sherborn, after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, 1889 or after
NPG D20736
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
by William Roffe, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1889 or after
NPG D2796
Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
by William Roffe, after Henry Tanworth Wells
stipple engraving, 1889 or after
NPG D9724
(Anthony) Evelyn Melbourne Ashley
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1890s
NPG D20743
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1890 or after
NPG D20761
after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, circa 1890
NPG D9627
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, circa 1890
NPG D9706
George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
by Charles William Sherborn, after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, 1892 or after
NPG D20737
by Goupilgravure, after Henry Tanworth Wells
photogravure, (1893)
NPG D35023
George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
by Charles William Sherborn, after Henry Tanworth Wells
etching, 1894
NPG D18071
Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin
by Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1895)
NPG D20744
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20738
William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20740
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20741
Reginald Earle Welby, Baron Welby
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20745
Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson
by The Autotype Company, after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20749
Francis Henry Jeune, Baron St Helier
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20750
Reginald Earle Welby, Baron Welby
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D37633
Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson
by The Autotype Company, after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D40056
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1896
NPG D9607
William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1896
NPG D9870
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D18076
Thomas Henry Sanderson, 1st Baron Sanderson
by The Autotype Company, after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D18077
by The Autotype Company, after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1897)
NPG D20739
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