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2923 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'In Character'
A selection of portraits with representations of characters from the stage or in writing. See also: 'Film-shots and stage sets' (Theme), 'Masks and disguises', 'Fancy Dress', 'Costumes and national dress' (Dress).
by Daniel Gardner
gouache and chalk, 1775
On display in Room 16 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6903
by Robert Dunkarton
pastel, 1776
NPG 1919
by Johan Joseph Zoffany
pencil and black crayon, circa 1795
NPG 2536
by John Opie
oil on canvas, 1804
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1392
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1812
On display in Room 19 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6869
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1819
On display in Room 19 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6088
Claudine de Begnis (née Ronzi)
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour and pencil, circa 1823
NPG 1328
by Alfred Edward Chalon
watercolour, circa 1831
NPG 1962(l)
by Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
watercolour, 1833-1857
NPG 2772(33b)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(49)
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1860-1866
NPG P2011(45)
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, circa 1881
NPG 6251(29)
by Baron Adolph de Meyer
platinotype print, 1898
NPG P217
by Cavendish Morton
platinum print, 1904
NPG P494
Sir Henry Irving as Dubosc in 'The Lyons Mail'
by James Ferrier Pryde
pencil and gouache on paper laid on board, circa 1906
NPG 6567
Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'
by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1919
NPG P1351
Lydia Lopokova in 'Petrouchka'
by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1919
NPG P1352
Nellie Melba as Marguerite in 'Faust
by Baron Adolph de Meyer
bromide print, 1920s
NPG P299
by Winifred Cécile Dongworth
watercolour on ivory, 1921
NPG 5032
by Bertram Park
bromide print, 9 February 1928
NPG P140(41)