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A selection of portraits that depict sitters wearing or using spectacles, monocles, magnifying glasses and other implements to aid vision.

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Hugh Latimer, by Unknown artist - NPG 295

Hugh Latimer

by Unknown artist
oil on panel, late sixteenth century
NPG 295

Dorothy Jordan, by John Hoppner - NPG 7041

Dorothy Jordan

by John Hoppner
oil on canvas, exhibited 1791
On display in Room 15 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7041

Illustration to Ben Jonson's 'The Alchemist', by Charles Grignion, after  John Graham - NPG L269.B7.01

Illustration to Ben Jonson's 'The Alchemist'

by Charles Grignion, after John Graham
etching, circa 1791
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.01

Robert Baddeley, by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding - NPG 2541

Robert Baddeley

by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
watercolour and ink on paper, engraved 1794
NPG 2541

Thomas Holcroft; William Godwin, by Sir Thomas Lawrence - NPG 6880

Thomas Holcroft; William Godwin

by Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil with black and red chalk, 1794
NPG 6880

John William Norie, by Adam Buck, after  Williams (Solomon Williams?) - NPG 1131

John William Norie

by Adam Buck, after Williams (Solomon Williams?)
watercolour, circa 1803
NPG 1131

William Grimaldi, by Mary Ann Grimaldi, after  Louisa Edmeads (née Grimaldi) - NPG 3114

William Grimaldi

by Mary Ann Grimaldi, after Louisa Edmeads (née Grimaldi)
pen and pencil, 1832, based on a work of 1815-1820
NPG 3114