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Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal York

by Louis Gabriel Blanchet
oil on canvas, 1738
NPG 5518

Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers

by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
NPG 6203

The Landing of HRH The Princess Alexandra at Gravesend, 7th March 1863

by Henry Nelson O'Neil
oil on canvas, 1864
NPG 5487

William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

by Walter Sickert, based on a photograph by Unknown photographer
oil on canvas, 1935
On display in Room 19 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5173

Vita Sackville-West

by Gisèle Freund
colour dye transfer print, 1939
NPG P437

Graham Sutherland

by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1943
NPG P1086

Vita Sackville-West

by John Hedgecoe
bromide print, 1958
NPG P775

Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark

by Graham Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1963-1964
NPG 5243

Tracey Emin ('The Last Thing I said to you is don't leave me here. 1')

by Tracey Emin
inkjet print, 2000
NPG P879

Pamela Schwerdt; Sibylle Kreutsberger

by Tessa Traeger
gelatin silver print, 2000
NPG P1026(21)

Christopher Lloyd; Fergus Garrett

by Tessa Traeger
gelatin silver print, 2001
NPG P1026(27)

Anne Eleanor Scott-James (Lady Lancaster)

by Tessa Traeger
gelatin silver print, 2002
NPG P1026(40)

John Herschel; Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bt

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG x44701

'Royal Dockyard - Chatham'

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1850s-1860s
NPG Ax137917

'Government House - Chatham'

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1857
NPG Ax137907

John Frederick Herring

by F. Cooke
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14887

'Collingwood' (the house of Sir John Herschel)

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x44696

Constance Anne (née Herschel), Lady Lubbock; Caroline Emilia Mary (née Herschel), Lady Hamilton-Gordon; Margaret Louisa Marshall (née Herschel); Isabella Herschel; Francisca ('Fancy') Herschel; Matilda Rose Waterfield (née Herschel)

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x44697

Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bt; Amelia (née Herschel), Lady Wade; Alexander Stewart Herschel; Julia Mary Maclear (née Herschel)

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x44698

'Grandpapa's study, laboratory through the door' (the house of Sir John Herschel)

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x44700

Alexander Stewart Herschel

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x44702

'Collingwood' (the house of Sir John Herschel)

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x44703

'Collingwood' (the house of Sir John Herschel)

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x44704

Sir Henry Perceval De Bathe, 4th Bt

by Charles Millington Drayson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134625

Unknown man

by William Henry Franklin
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46217

Sir James Jackson

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax137939

Arthur Philip Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope when Viscount Mahon

by Hon. Edward Stanhope
albumen carte-de-visite, 31 August 1863
NPG Ax47094

George James Symons

by The London Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864 or before
NPG Ax30377

Amelia (née Herschel), Lady Wade; Caroline Emilia Mary (née Herschel), Lady Hamilton-Gordon; Francisca ('Fancy') Herschel

by Unknown photographer
bromide print on card mount, 1864, printed later
NPG x44629

Emily Harriet Stanhope (née Kerrison), Countess Stanhope

by Henry Guy Inskipp
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG Ax30363

Captain Ries

by Twyman Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG Ax29960

Charles Dickens with others

by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
vintage print, 1865
NPG x4406

Mrs Collinson; Mrs A. Fisher; Lieutenant Eden; Lieutenant Anstey; Miss Eden

by Unknown photographer
albumen print, 1865
NPG Ax137937

Charles Dickens; Mamie Dickens; Catherine ('Katey') Elizabeth Macready Perugini (née Dickens)

by Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason)
photogravure, 1865, published 1880
NPG x24930

Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden

by Alexander James Grossmann
albumen carte-de-visite, 1869-1882
NPG x74332

'Arthur, Dolly, Elinor, Kitty, Charlie, Dick'

by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, September 1870
NPG x129642

Sir John Charles Kenward Shaw, 7th Bt

by John Crow Twyman & Son
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x45345

Charles Richard Alford

by George Glanville
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x8432

Ada Louisa Mayer (née Dalziel)

by Amos
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x132809

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

by George Glanville
albumen photomontage on photographer's card mount, 1870s
NPG x28792

Charles Reade

by George Goodman
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870-1884
NPG x136252

Edith Amelia (née Ward), Lady Wolverton

by Henry Peach Robinson
albumen cabinet card, late 1870s
NPG x46586

Sir John Hubert Ward

by Henry Peach Robinson
albumen cabinet card, late 1870s
NPG x47102

Sir John Hubert Ward; Hon. Robert Arthur Ward

by Henry Peach Robinson
albumen cabinet card, late 1870s
NPG x47103

Sir John Hubert Ward; Hon. Robert Arthur Ward

by Henry Peach Robinson
albumen cabinet card, late 1870s
NPG x47104

Hon. Robert Arthur Ward; Sir John Hubert Ward

by Henry Peach Robinson
albumen cabinet card, late 1870s
NPG x47105

Mr and Mrs Gladstone and others at Deal Castle

by John Berryman
albumen carte-de-visite, 24 August 1881
NPG x134578

Nellie McDonald

by W. Perry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1883
NPG Ax128301

Alexander McDonald

by W. Perry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1883
NPG Ax128360

The McDonald daughters (Aggie McDonald; Grace McDonald; Nellie McDonald; Flora McDonald McDonald)

by W. Perry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1883
NPG Ax128354

Thomas Webster

by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after Joseph Parkin Mayall
photogravure, published 1884 (circa 1883)
NPG Ax27816

Sir George Scharf

by John Chapman Stodart
albumen cabinet card, mid-late 1880s
NPG Ax13958

'The Times, London, Saturday, August 8, 1885' (marriage announcement for John Thomas and Joan Frances Thomas (née Denny))

by Cantuar Photographic Co
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1885
NPG x131785

Freeman M. O'Donoghue; Sir George Scharf

by John Chapman Stodart
albumen cabinet card, 22-26 July 1886
NPG x22543

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury and family

by Edgar Davey Lavender
bromide print, early 1890s
NPG x29790

Alfred Austin

by Frederic G. Hodsoll
bromide print, 1900s
NPG Ax25156

Frank Burnand

by Walter H. Barrett
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 October 1902
NPG x4903

Alfred Austin

by Frederic G. Hodsoll
bromide print, 1903
NPG Ax25174

G.K. Chesterton

by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 12 August 1904
NPG Ax7769

H.G. Wells

by Alvin Langdon Coburn
photogravure, 2 November 1905
NPG x87258