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- subject matching 'Swords, daggers and shields'
A selection of portraits that depict sitters with swords, shields, daggers and knives. See also: 'War and battle scenes' (Theme).
King Richard III with a broken sword
by unknown artist
oil or tempera on panel, 1530-1562
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L266
by Unknown Italian artist
oil on canvas, 1546
On display at Arundel Castle, Arundel
NPG 5291
by Unknown Netherlandish artist
oil on canvas, 1555
NPG 6768
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, 1560s
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2184
by Unknown Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, circa 1565
NPG 352
copy attributed to George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1567
NPG 2492
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, 1570s
NPG 5262
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, circa 1575
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 447
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown English workshop
oil on panel, circa 1575
NPG 247
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1580
NPG 347
attributed to Jodocus Hondius, completed by George Vertue
engraving, circa 1583
NPG 3905
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
by George Perfect Harding, after Nicholas Hilliard
watercolour, early 19th century, based on a work of circa 1590
NPG 1492(c)
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1590
NPG 1188
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
oil on canvas, circa 1597
NPG 4985
King William I ('The Conqueror')
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, 1597-1618
NPG 4980(1)
Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh); Walter Ralegh
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 1602
NPG 3914
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1616
NPG 1112
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1620
NPG L115