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George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury

by Unknown artist
black, brown and red chalk, inscribed 1582
NPG 6343

George Morley

after Sir Peter Lely
chalk, based on a work of circa 1660
NPG 491

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

circle of Sir Peter Lely
chalk, circa 1673
NPG 2915

Edward Stillingfleet

by Unknown artist
chalk, circa 1675
NPG 2516

Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey

by Unknown artist
chalk, feigned oval, circa 1678
NPG 1101

Elizabeth Seymour (née Percy), Duchess of Somerset

after Sir Peter Lely
chalk, based on a work of circa 1679
NPG 1753

William Sancroft

by Edward Lutterell (Luttrell)
chalk, circa 1688
NPG 301

Edward Gibson

by Edward Gibson
chalk, 1690
NPG 1880

Henry Purcell

by John Closterman
black chalk heightened with white, 1695
NPG 4994

William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford

by Edward Lutterell (Luttrell)
chalk on copper, 1698
NPG 1824

John Benbow

after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
red chalk on paper, based on a work of circa 1701
NPG 2950

Jack Sheppard

attributed to Sir James Thornhill
chalk and pencil, 1724
NPG 4313

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
black and red chalk, early 1730s
NPG 1693

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
black chalk heightened with white on blue paper, October 1735
NPG 3779

Alexander Pope

by William Hoare
red chalk, circa 1739-1743
NPG 873

George Vertue

by George Vertue
pencil and red chalk, 1741
NPG 4876

John Manners, Marquess of Granby

after Sir Joshua Reynolds
chalk, before 1766, based on a work of circa 1760s
NPG 1186

Charles Jennens

by Giles Hussey
red chalk, 1760s
NPG 6724

Benjamin West

by Angelica Kauffmann
black chalk on greenish grey paper, 1763
NPG 1649

Karl Friedrich Abel

by Thomas Gainsborough
black and white chalk with stump on blue paper, circa 1765
NPG 5081

John Wilkes

by Unknown artist
black and white chalk with grey wash on paper, 1769?
NPG 284

Unknown woman, formerly known as Sarah Siddons (née Kemble)

by Unknown artist
pencil and red chalk, late 18th or early 19th century
NPG 2425

Joseph Wilton

attributed to Charles Grignion
chalk, circa 1771
NPG 4314

Oliver Cromwell

by Robert Hutchinson, after a drawing attributed to Samuel Cooper
chalk and watercolour, 1773
NPG 2426

Thomas Kerrich

by Thomas Kerrich
chalk, 1774
NPG 6531

Unknown man, formerly known as Giuseppe Baretti

by Unknown artist
chalk, circa 1775
NPG 3024

James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford

by Samuel Lover, after Unknown artist
black and white chalk, based on a work of circa 1775
NPG 4249

The Three Witches from Macbeth (Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Anne Seymour Damer)

by Daniel Gardner
gouache and chalk, 1775
NPG 6903

Allan Ramsay

by Allan Ramsay
red chalk heightened with white on buff paper, 1776
NPG 1660

Probably John Cartwright

by Henry Fuseli
black chalk, circa 1779
NPG 4538

John Russell

by John Russell
black, white and red chalk with some pencil on grey paper, circa 1780
NPG 3907

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley

by Ozias Humphry
pencil, chalk and watercolour, 1783
NPG 5894

Edward Gibbon

by Unknown artist
black chalk with white heightening, the hand and ears in sanguine, with pink crayon on the cheeks, on laid grey paper, circa 1785-1790
NPG 4854

Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby

by John Downman
chalk, 1787
NPG 2652

Sarah Siddons (née Kemble)

by John Downman
chalk, 1787
NPG 2651

The Edgeworth Family

by Adam Buck
chalk, watercolour and pastel on paper, 1787
NPG L236

Sir Richard Westmacott

by Charles Benazech
chalk, 1792
NPG 731

Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 7th Bt

by George Dance
pencil and chalk, 1794
NPG 1142

Thomas Holcroft; William Godwin

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

George Morland

by George Morland
chalk, circa 1795
NPG 1196

Beilby Porteus

by Adam Buck
chalk and watercolour, circa 1795
NPG 735

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

by Robert Hancock
black, red and brown chalk and pencil, 1796
NPG 452

Robert Southey

by Robert Hancock
black, red and brown chalk and pencil, 1796
NPG 451

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford

by William Lane
chalk, circa 1798
NPG 1830

Charles Incledon

by George Dance
pencil and red chalk, 1798
NPG 1145

Charles Lamb

by Robert Hancock
black, red and brown chalk and pencil, 1798
NPG 449

William Wordsworth

by Robert Hancock
black, red and brown chalk and pencil, 1798
NPG 450

William Holwell-Carr

by Benjamin Burnell
pencil and chalk, 1798
NPG 5809

John Constable

by John Constable
pencil and black chalk heightened with white and red chalk, circa 1799-1804
NPG 901

Henry Constantine Jennings

by Sir Thomas Lawrence
chalk, circa 1799
NPG 5711

John Hookham Frere

by Henry Edridge
pencil and chalk, circa 1800
NPG 1473

Unknown man, formerly known as Ramsay Richard Reinagle

attributed to Ramsay Richard Reinagle
chalk
NPG 3025

Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
chalk, circa 1802
NPG 654

Francis Horner

by John Henning
pencil and chalk, circa 1802
NPG 2677

Robert Southey

by Henry Edridge
pencil, chalk and wash, 1804
NPG 119

George Morland

by Sophie Jones
pencil and chalk, 1805
NPG 4370

Unknown man

by Robert Hancock
chalk, 1805
NPG 3085

Sir Uvedale Price, 1st Bt

by Unknown artist
pencil and chalk, circa 1805
NPG 6810

William Sotheby

by Sir Thomas Lawrence
chalk on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1807
NPG 3955

George Henry Harlow

by George Henry Harlow
pencil and chalk, 1810
NPG 1333