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900 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Making art'
A selection of portraits that depict art being made. See also: 'Art in art' (Accessory) and 'Artists and their studios' (Theme).
by Edward Collier
oil on canvas, 1683
NPG 6069
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, based on a work of circa 1690
NPG 2925
by Michael Dahl
oil on canvas, 1691
NPG 3822
by Antonio Verrio
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1704
NPG 2890
by William Aikman
oil on canvas, circa 1723-1725
NPG 6063
Francis Hayman; Grosvenor Bedford
by Francis Hayman
oil on canvas, circa 1748-1750
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 217
Rhoda (née Delaval), Lady Astley
attributed to Arthur Pond
oil on canvas, circa 1750
On display at Bath Preservation Trust, Bath
NPG 5253
by George Smith, and John Smith
oil on canvas, circa 1760
NPG 4117
James Barry; Dominique Lefèvre; James Paine the Younger
by James Barry
oil on canvas, circa 1767
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 213
by James Jefferys
ink and pencil, circa 1774-1775
NPG 4669
Agostino Carlini; Francesco Bartolozzi; Giovanni Battista Cipriani
by John Francis Rigaud
oil on canvas, 1777
NPG 3186
Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo
by Richard Samuel
oil on canvas, 1778
On display at Royal Academy of Arts, London
NPG 4905
by Richard Samuel
oil on canvas, 1784
NPG 1020
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
pastel, circa 1788
NPG 4696
by Philip Jean
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1788
NPG 1909
by John Raphael Smith
oil on canvas, 1792
NPG 5931
John Flaxman; Thomas Alphonso Hayley
by George Romney
oil on canvas, 1795
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 101
by T. Montague
watercolour, 1795
NPG 3129
by John Opie
oil on canvas, circa 1800
NPG 882
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
oil on canvas, 1805-1810
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2493
by A. Reddock
oil on canvas, 1811
NPG 5001
by Sir George Hayter
oil on panel, 1820
NPG 3104
copy by William Mulready, after John Jackson
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory laid on card, based on a work of circa 1823
NPG 6299
by Richard Evans, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, late 1820s, based on a work of circa 1825
NPG 260
by John Partridge
pencil, 1825
NPG 3944(4)
by Unknown artist
watercolour, 1825
NPG 3944(13)
by Charles West Cope
oil on card, circa 1828
NPG 2943
by George Arnald
oil on canvas, 1831
NPG 5254
by Daniel Maclise
pencil, circa 1831
NPG 1458
after Sir John Gilbert
pencil, circa 1837
NPG 5566
