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431 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Allegory in portraits'
A selection of portraits that make use of allegory.
by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1573
NPG 2410
by Sir Anthony van Dyck
oil on canvas, circa 1633-1634
NPG 5727
by James Parmentier
oil on copper, circa 1685
NPG 137
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1706
On display in Room 7 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 902
by Sir James Thornhill
oil on canvas, octagonal, circa 1715-1720
NPG 5339
by Giuseppe Grisoni
oil on canvas, 1718-1719
NPG 5781
Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach
by Jacopo Amigoni
oil on canvas, 1735
NPG 4332
by Daniel Gardner
gouache and chalk, 1775
NPG 6903
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 Samuel Cousins, published by Walter Benjamin Tiffin, published by Rittner and Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 22 April 1830
NPG 1634b
by Sir Edwin Landseer
pen and wash, circa 1835
NPG 4917
'Art must assist Photography' (Putto as Allegory of Painting)
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1856
NPG P2011(1)
Alexander II, Emperor of Russia
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 16 October 1869
NPG 4707(2)
The Victoria Memorial by Sir Thomas Brock
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
photogravure, 1911
NPG P1700(93)
by Maggi Hambling
oil on canvas, 1977-1978
NPG 6562
Study of 'The Flaying of Marsyas' by Titian
by Tom Phillips
oil on canvas, 1985-1986
NPG 5944(8)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 28 March 1861
NPG Ax52163
Charles Dickens, his characters and the empty chair
possibly after Harriet Anne Callow (née Smart), after John & Charles Watkins, and after Luke Fildes
albumen print, 1872
NPG x135439
Marie Elizabeth (née Texier), Baroness de Courcel as Night
by Alfred Ellis, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41020
Probably (Sybil Aimée) Geraldine Webber (née Magniac) as Dawn
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41054
Agnes Adela (née Kindersley), Lady Herschell as Night
by W. & D. Downey, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41251
Edith Amelia (née Ward), Lady Wolverton as Britannia
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41044
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201028
The Rolling Stones (Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman)
by Michael Cooper
chromogenic print, September 1967
NPG x134855
possibly by Tobias Stimmer, after Unknown artist
woodcut, circa 1540s-1570s
NPG D42367
Taking up the body of John Wycliffe
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D42326
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D45872
Thomas Pye (Pie) or John Mendham ('The description of the penance of Thomas Pye, and John Mendham')
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D45873
after Unknown artist
etching, 17th century
NPG D25909
King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 17th century
NPG D26365
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28123
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28124
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28125
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28126
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28128
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28129
by Simon de Passe
line engraving, early 17th century
NPG D28130