Watercolour drawings of Speakers of the House of Commons by Thomas Athow, early 19th century
45 Portraits in set
45 watercolour copies of portraits of Speakers of the House of Commons from Thomas More (1478-1535) to the Rt. Hon. Charles Manners Sutton (1780-1845) painted from portraits in the Speaker’s House as well as private collections. The watercolours were produced in the early 19th century, probably by a landscape and portrait painter named Thomas Athow (fl. 1806-1822), and many of the same portraits appear in the Sutherland collection at the Ashmolean. The collection is bound in an album, at the front of which is a printed list of Speakers that has been annotated to indicate which are represented.
Unknown man called Sir Thomas Hungerford
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, possibly after Hans Holbein the Younger
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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Called Robert Brooke (Sir Robert Broke)
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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Called Clement Higham (Sir Clement Heigham)
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, formerly known as Sir Heneage Finch
attributed to Thomas Athow, after John Michael Wright
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
NPG D23266
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, possibly after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Hans Holbein the Younger
watercolour, early 19th century
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Possibly fictitious portrait of Richard Onslow
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Mather Brown, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Henry Peart the Elder
watercolour, early 19th century
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Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Bt
attributed to Thomas Athow, after John Riley
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after John Michael Wright
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after James Lonsdale, possibly after Sir Peter Lely
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
watercolour, early 19th century
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Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Hans Hysing
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Thomas Phillips, after Thomas Gainsborough
watercolour, early 19th century
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Thomas Audley, Baron Audley of Walden
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Thomas Phillips, after Hans Holbein the Younger
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
watercolour, early 19th century
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John Finch, Lord Finch of Fordwich
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, probably after Sir Anthony van Dyck
watercolour, early 19th century
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Jonathan Richardson
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after John Rising, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
watercolour, early 19th century
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William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
attributed to Thomas Athow, after John Hoppner
watercolour, early 19th century
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Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Thomas Phillips, after John Singleton Copley
watercolour, early 19th century
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John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Thomas Phillips, after Michael Dahl
watercolour, early 19th century
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attributed to Thomas Athow, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
watercolour, early 19th century
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Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
attributed to Thomas Athow, after James Northcote
watercolour, early 19th century
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Charles Manners Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury
attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist
watercolour, circa 1817
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