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Gertrude Hermes

by Gertrude Hermes
wood engraving, 1949
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6002

Alfred Mellon

by Unknown engraver, after an intermediary drawing by Thomas Dewell Scott, after a photograph by Windsor & Carter
wood engraving, published by Illustrated London News 13 April 1867
NPG x137460

The Emperor Maximilian studying the Science of Music

by Hans Burgkmair
woodcut, possibly 16th century
NPG D24117

'The pope suppressed by King Henry VIII'

after Unknown artist
woodcut, 1570
NPG D24931

John Knox

after Adrian Vanson (van Son)
woodcut, published 1580
NPG D3505

Probably John Knox

after Vaensoun
woodcut, published 1581
NPG D18555

Twenty unknown clerics

by Unknown engraver
woodcut, 17th century
NPG D22615

John Rous and an unknown man

by M.B.
engraving, 17th century
NPG D24038

John Knox

after Adrian Vanson (van Son)
engraving, 17th century?
NPG D20938

John Weever

by John Byfield
wood engraving, early 19th century
NPG D27865

The Funeral Car (relates to Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson)

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, circa 1806
NPG D10682

Nelson's funeral car (Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson)

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, circa 1806
NPG D5357

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart

after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
wood engraving, published 1811 (1688)
NPG D8164

Fanny Kemble as Juliet

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, 1829
NPG D34183

Herbert Tuer

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D31299

'Dickens placing his first contribution in the editor's box' (Charles Dickens)

by Robert Herbert, after James Stephenson
wood engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D2271

Vincent Novello

by G. De Wilde, after Edward Petre Novello
wood engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D5373

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield ('Fancy Portrait of Dizzy as the Bravo of St. Stephen's')

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D7662

Sir Charles Wetherell

by John Smith III, after J.K.M.
wood engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D8280

Pierce James Egan

by J. Wall, after W.H. Thwaites
wood engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D13782

Mary Howitt (née Botham)

by Alfred Harral, after Margaret Gillies
wood engraving, 1840s-1850s
NPG D4398

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

by Henry Duff Linton, after Edmond Morin
wood engraving, circa 1845-1855
NPG D6944

Ebenezer Elliott

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 3 April 1847
NPG D8656

Sir Edwin Chadwick

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published in the Illustrated London News 22 January 1848
NPG D2037

Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Bt

after a photograph by Charles Allen Duval
wood engraving, 1849 or after
NPG D3448

Heroes of the Slave Trade Abolition

by Unknown artist
wood engraving, mid-late 19th century
NPG D9338

Henry Mayhew

after a daguerreotype by Richard Beard
wood engraving, published 1851
NPG D5237

Henry Mayhew

after a daguerreotype by Richard Beard
wood engraving, published 1851
NPG D5238

The seven oldest children of Queen Victoria

by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 25 December 1852
NPG D33826

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Unknown artist
wood engraving, 1852?
NPG D37619

William Ewart Gladstone

after Frederick John Skill
wood engraving, published in the Illustrated London News 22 October 1853
NPG D8421

William Ewart Gladstone

published by Illustrated London News, after Frederick John Skill
wood engraving, published 22 October 1853
NPG D8422

Sir Charles Napier

by J.V. Barret, published by F.P. Davies
wood engraving and lithograph, 1854
NPG D38460

Caroline Chisholm (née Jones)

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, 1854
NPG D2070

Sir Francis Petitt Smith

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 1856?
NPG D10906

Charles Dickens

by Henry Duff Linton, after Mayall
wood engraving, circa 1856
NPG D42287

Charles Dickens

by Henry Duff Linton, published by National Magazine Company, after Mayall
wood engraving, published 8 November 1856
NPG D42288

George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan

published by Illustrated Times, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 19 April 1856
NPG D5130

Charles Dickens

by Butterworth and Heath, after Herbert Watkins
wood engraving, (1858)
NPG D42294

Robert Stephenson

by Horace Harral, after a photograph by Robert Howlett
wood engraving, 1858
NPG D6865

William Schaw Lindsay

after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
wood engraving, 1859
NPG D21246

William Miller

after Unknown photographer
wood engraving, 1860s-1880s
NPG D3009

Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Bt

published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown photographer
wood engraving, published 25 February 1860
NPG D5483

Queen Victoria

published by Penny Illustrated Paper, after an intermediary drawing by Thomas Dewell Scott, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 29 March 1862
NPG D33640

Edward Craven Hawtrey

published by Illustrated London News, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
wood engraving, published 22 February 1862
NPG D8348

Francis Fowke

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published in the Illustrated London News 1862
NPG D2361

Scene from the drama of "Leah," at the New Adelphi Theatre: Leah cursing the Lorrenz Family

by J.W.
hand-coloured wood engraving, published 17 October 1863
NPG D39266

Edward Ellice

after an intermediary drawing by Thomas Dewell Scott, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 3 October 1863
NPG D2303

Mary, Queen of Scots being led to execution

by William Luson Thomas, published by Illustrated London News, after Scipione Vannutelli
wood engraving, published 3 January 1863
NPG D13135

'Queen Mary quitting Stirling Castle'

by William Luson Thomas, after Henrietta Mary Ada Ward
wood engraving, published by Illustrated London News 11 July 1863
NPG D13136

Alphonse René Le Mire de Normandy

by Unknown artist
wood engraving, published in the Illustrated London News 23 July 1864
NPG D42351

Richard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge

published by Illustrated London News, after an intermediary drawing by Thomas Dewell Scott
wood engraving, published 13 February 1864
NPG D2825

Sir Alexander Murray Tulloch

published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 2 July 1864
NPG D11229

Hero v. Bard (William Shakespeare; Giuseppe Garibaldi)

by Unknown artist
wood engraving, published by Fun 1864
NPG D13122

Edward Jenner

published by Illustrated London News, after M.E. Paul
wood engraving, published 30 September 1865 (11 September 1865)
NPG D9007

Richard Cobden

by Mason Jackson, after W. & D. Downey
wood engraving, published by Illustrated London News 15 April 1865
NPG D33665

Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell

by Mason Jackson, after an intermediary drawing by Thomas Dewell Scott, after a photograph by John & Charles Watkins
wood engraving, published by Illustrated London News, published 18 March 1865
NPG D2122

'Queen Victoria opening her seventh Parliament' (Queen Victoria)

by Mason Jackson, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 17 February 1866
NPG D33639

Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen

after Unknown artist
wood engraving, late 19th century
NPG D4982

'The opening of Parliament: Her Majesty entering the Palace of Westminster' (Queen Victoria)

published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 10 February 1866
NPG D4428