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- subject matching 'Art in art'
A selection of portraits that depict other art works within them. See also: 'Making art' (Activity) and 'Artists in their studios' (Theme).
by George Perfect Harding, after Unknown artist
watercolour, 19th century, based on a work of 1573
NPG 2410
Sir Thomas More, his father, his household and his descendants
by Rowland Lockey, after Hans Holbein the Younger
oil on canvas, 1593
On display in Room 1 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2765
The Somerset House Conference, 1604
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 1604
On display in Room 4 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 665
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
by Daniel Mytens
oil on canvas, circa 1618
On display at Arundel Castle, Arundel
NPG 5292
Aletheia Talbot, Countess of Arundel
by Daniel Mytens
oil on canvas, circa 1618
On display at Arundel Castle, Arundel
NPG 5293
after an engraving by Robert van Voerst, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
brown wash
NPG 3128
Horace Vere, Baron Vere of Tilbury
by Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt
oil on panel, 1629
NPG 818
John Belasyse (Bellasis), 1st Baron Belasyse of Worlaby
by Gilbert Jackson
oil on canvas, 1636
NPG 5948
by 'VM'
oil on canvas, 1637
NPG 2183
Probably Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Bt
by William Dobson
oil on canvas, circa 1642
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
NPG 615
by William Sheppard
oil on canvas, 1650
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
NPG 3795
Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex; Elizabeth, Countess of Essex
by Sir Peter Lely
oil on canvas, circa 1655-1660
NPG 5461
attributed to Jacob Huysmans
oil on canvas, circa 1660
NPG 816
by Sir Peter Lely
oil on canvas, circa 1660
NPG 3897
by Isaac Fuller
oil on canvas, circa 1670
NPG 2104
Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
attributed to Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder
oil on canvas, circa 1680-1685
NPG 6651
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1685
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
NPG 4033
Queen Anne; William, Duke of Gloucester
studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, based on a work of circa 1694
NPG 5227
probably by Louis Goupy
watercolour and bodycolour on vellum laid down on card, 1720
NPG 1920
by Joseph Highmore
oil on canvas, circa 1723
NPG 6142
Queen Anne and the Knights of the Garter
by Peter Angelis
oil on canvas, circa 1725
On display at Kensington Palace, London
NPG 624
by John Vanderbank
oil on canvas, circa 1728
NPG 1802
'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms'
by Gawen Hamilton
oil on canvas, 1735
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1384
by George Vertue
pencil and red chalk, 1741
NPG 4876
Francis Hayman; Grosvenor Bedford
by Francis Hayman
oil on canvas, circa 1748-1750
On display in Room 9 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 217
Group associated with the Moravian Church
attributed to Johann Valentin Haidt
oil on canvas, circa 1752-1754
NPG 1356
John Hamilton Mortimer with a student
after John Hamilton Mortimer
oil on canvas, circa 1765
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 234
The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
watercolour and ink, 1773, based on a work of 1772
NPG 1437
Key to 'The Academicians of the Royal Academy'
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
pencil, circa 1773
NPG 1437a
by David Allan
oil on canvas, 1775
NPG 589
after Ozias Humphry
watercolour and pencil, 1777-1779
NPG 1399
Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo
by Richard Samuel
oil on canvas, 1778
On display at Royal Academy of Arts, London
NPG 4905
John Flaxman; Thomas Alphonso Hayley
by George Romney
oil on canvas, 1795
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 101
by T. Montague
watercolour, 1795
NPG 3129
after Sir William Beechey
oil on oak panel, based on a work of 1801
NPG 934
Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1804
On display in Room 15 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 244
by John Raphael Smith
chalk, engraved 1812
NPG 6870
by William Lane
black crayon with red and white heightening on tinted paper, circa 1813
NPG 2076
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
by George Francis Joseph
oil on canvas, 1817
NPG 84
by John Raphael Smith
pastel, probably 1818
NPG 5380
by Joseph Severn
oil on canvas, 1821-1823
NPG 58
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, 1826-1830
NPG 794
by George Sharples
pastel, engraved 1826
NPG 4660
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, 1826-1830
NPG 792
by Thomas Charles Wageman
pencil, 1827
NPG 4623
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1827
NPG 5505
by William Bone Sr
watercolour on ivory, arched top, 1828
NPG 6001
Francis Seymour Larpent; Charlotte Rosamund Larpent (née Arnold)
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1830
NPG 3806
by George Arnald
oil on canvas, 1831
NPG 5254
by Daniel Maclise
pencil and watercolour, 1833
NPG 3029
by Sir Edwin Landseer
oil on panel, 1836
NPG 384
by Unknown artist, probably associated with Hubard Gallery, possibly by Samuel Thomas Gill, possibly by E.G.A. Norman
cut-out silhouettes with watercolour background, circa 1837
NPG 5886
by Sir William Charles Ross
watercolour on ivory, circa 1840
NPG 2056
attributed to Thomas Heathfield Carrick
watercolour on marble, circa 1841-1854
NPG 4506
Elizabeth (née Rigby), Lady Eastlake
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(136)
The Torso (John Henning; Alexander Handyside Ritchie; David Octavius Hill)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(98)