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A selection of portraits that depict writing paraphernalia or sitter's writing. See also: 'Books and libraries' (Accessory) and 'Reading' (Activity).

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King Alfred ('The Great')

by Unknown artist
silver penny, circa 887
NPG 4269

Gerlach Flicke; Henry Strangwish (Strangways)

by Gerlach Flicke
diptych, oil on paper or vellum laid on panel, 1554
On display in Room 2 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6353

Sir Henry Unton

by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1596
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 710

King Charles I; Sir Edward Walker

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1650
NPG 1961

John Thurloe

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, perhaps 18th century, based on a work of 1650s
NPG 1033

Edward Cocker

after a print by Richard Gaywood
oil on canvas, feigned oval, based on a work of 1657
NPG 274

Jonathan Swift

by Charles Jervas
oil on canvas, circa 1718
NPG 278

Joseph Addison

by Michael Dahl
oil on canvas, 1719
NPG 714

The Court of Chancery during the reign of George I

by Benjamin Ferrers
oil on canvas, circa 1725
NPG 798

Alexander Pope

studio of Michael Dahl
oil on canvas, circa 1727
NPG 4132

Thomas Birch

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1735
NPG 522

William Warburton

by Charles Philips
oil on canvas, circa 1737
NPG 23

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

by James Worsdale
oil on canvas, 1746-1750
NPG 4376

Thomas Chubb

by George Beare
oil on canvas, 1747
NPG 1122

Maurice Greene; John Hoadly

by Francis Hayman
oil on canvas, 1747
NPG 2106

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford

by Pompeo Batoni
oil on canvas, 1752-1756
NPG 6180

Samuel Richardson

by Mason Chamberlin
oil on copper, 1754 or before
On display in Room 3 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6435

Joseph Gibbs

by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1755
On display at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury
NPG 2179

Samuel Johnson

by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1756
On display in Room 3 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1597

Unknown man, formerly known as William Mason

attributed to John Plott
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, circa 1760
NPG 1393

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath

by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1761
NPG 337

Lord Halifax and his secretaries

attributed to Daniel Gardner, after Hugh Douglas Hamilton
gouache, circa 1765-1767
NPG 3328

Unknown man, formerly known as James Bruce

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, late 18th century
NPG 100

Catharine Macaulay (née Sawbridge)

by Robert Edge Pine
oil on canvas, circa 1775
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5856

Christopher Anstey and his daughter Mary Ann

by William Hoare
oil on canvas, circa 1776
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3084

Sir William Chambers

after Sir Joshua Reynolds
ink and grey wash with touches of red crayon on paper, probably late 1770s
NPG 3159

William Woodfall

by Thomas Beach
oil on canvas, 1782
NPG 169

Jonas Hanway

by James Northcote
oil on canvas, circa 1785
NPG 4301

Thomas Clarkson

by Carl Fredrik von Breda
oil on canvas, 1788
NPG 235

William Cowper

by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1792
NPG 2783

William Cowper

by William Harvey, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
watercolour and pencil, circa 1835, based on a work of 1792
NPG 806

Charles Macklin

by Jean Condé, published by John Bell, after John Opie
stipple, 1792
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B5.07

Horatio Nelson

by Guy Head
oil on canvas, 1798-1799
NPG 5101

Thomas Coke

by Henry Edridge
wash and pencil, 1799
NPG 1434a

Edward Jenner

by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1803
On display in Room 16 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 62

James Neild

by Samuel De Wilde
oil on panel, 1804
NPG 4160

John Liston as Diggory in 'All the World's a Stage'

published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 1st March 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B7.26

Edward Anthony Rock as the Irishman in Reed's 'The Register Office'

by Richard Woodman, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 10th April 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.55

Thomas John Dibdin

by and published by John Young, after William Owen
mezzotint, published 14th February 1807
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.45