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664 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'From behind'
A selection of portraits where the sitter's back is the main focus of the composition. See also: 'In profile' (Genre).
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
by Jan Wyck
oil on canvas, circa 1675
On display in Room 7 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5376
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(38)
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(66)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
ink, heightened with pencil, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(24)
Possibly William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
attributed to George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
black ink on paper, 1751-1758
NPG 4855a
Scene from William Congreve's 'The Old Batchelor'
probably published by John Bell
etching, probably published in 'Bell's British Theatre', 1790s
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.18
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 Sir George Hayter
pencil, circa 1820
NPG 2662(10)
by Richard Parkes Bonington
watercolour, circa 1820-1825
NPG 1729
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink and wash, 1820
NPG 1695(f)
George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex
by Sir Edwin Landseer
ink and wash, circa 1830-1835
NPG 3097(6)
Napoléon Bonaparte ('Napoléon on St Helena')
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, before 1846, based on a work of 1830
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6266
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1833-1857
NPG 2772(28b)
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
NPG 4920
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Duke of Wellington Surveying the Field of Waterloo')
by Benjamin Robert Haydon
oil on canvas, 1839
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6265
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, circa 1840s-1880s
NPG 2173(19)
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, circa 1840s-1880s
NPG 2173(22)
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, circa 1840s-1880s
NPG 2173(24)
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, circa 1840s-1880s
NPG 2173(26)
Elizabeth (née Rigby), Lady Eastlake
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(125)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(108)
Mary Ruthven (née Campbell), Lady Ruthven
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(114)
by James Sant
oil on millboard glued on canvas, 1844
NPG 4093
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt showing his pictures
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1844
NPG 2772(28a)
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, pen and ink, 9 February 1852
NPG 2173(20)
Two unknown art students at work
by Charles West Cope
pencil, 1855
NPG 3182(17)
George Dunlop Leslie; Sir Charles Lock Eastlake; John Wood
by Charles Bell Birch
pencil, circa 1858
NPG 2477
Solomon Alexander Hart; Daniel Maclise
by Charles Bell Birch
pencil, circa 1858
NPG 2476
by Charles West Cope
pencil, 1862
NPG 3182(1)
Ferdinand Pickering and seven unknown art students
by Charles West Cope
pen and pencil, 1862
NPG 3182(14)
by William Powell Frith
oil on canvas, 1867
NPG 1738
by Charles West Cope
charcoal, 1867
NPG 3182(16)
by Adriano Cecioni
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 30 March 1872
NPG 1939
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 26 May 1877
NPG 4747
Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Bt; Harry Furniss
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3599
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3392
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, Summer 1885
NPG P356
by Henry Van der Weyde
albumen cabinet card, April 1885
NPG P863
by Liborio Prosperi ('Lib')
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 22 May 1886
NPG 4755