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- subject matching 'Pets and animals'
The appearance of pets and animals in portraits can give clues to a sitter's lifestyle or social status. Sometimes they are used by the artist or the sitter as accessories, fashion statements or to add interest to a composition. Their appearance can also serve as a symbolic reference. A selection of images that depict real pets and animals or representations of animals. See also: 'Shells and fossils', 'Transport and vehicles - Animals' (Accessory), 'Fur accessories' (Dress) and 'Taxidermy' (Theme)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
by Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, circa 1547-1550
NPG 1851
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, 1572
NPG 4348
by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1573
NPG 2410
by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1573
NPG 2411
King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, late 16th century, based on a work of 1574
NPG 63
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
by Unknown artist
silver medal, 1587
NPG 6989b
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1588-1591
NPG 1518
Queen Elizabeth I ('Elizabeth I and the Three Goddesses')
attributed to Isaac Oliver
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, circa 1588
NPG 6947
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, 1630s
NPG 4516
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
oil on canvas, circa 1633, based on a work of circa 1633
NPG 1077
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
oil on canvas, 17th century, based on a work of circa 1635
NPG 892
Five Children of King Charles I
after Sir Anthony van Dyck
oil on canvas, 17th century, based on a work of 1637
NPG 267
Unknown man, formerly known as Jeffrey Hudson
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, mid 17th century
NPG 1591
by William Dobson
oil on canvas, circa 1643
NPG 5382
King Charles II on Humphrey Penderel's Mill Horse
by Isaac Fuller
oil on canvas, 1660s?
NPG 5250
King Charles II and Jane Lane riding to Bristol
by Isaac Fuller
oil on canvas, 1660s?
NPG 5251
Unknown woman, formerly known as Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess de Gramont
by Sir Peter Lely
oil on canvas, circa 1665
NPG 509
Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orleans
possibly after Pierre Mignard
oil on canvas, feigned oval, based on a work of circa 1665-1670
NPG 228
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1665-1670
On display in Room 6 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 804