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3588 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Pets and animals'
- 'Available from Portrait Printer'
- 'Image on website'
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)
Judith Kerr with her cat Katinka
by Sam Pelly
chromogenic print, March 2011
NPG x135287
by Francesco Guidicini
digital chromogenic print, July 2008
NPG x132464
by Richard Cannon
digital chromogenic print, 9 December 2008
NPG x133236
Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe
by Dan Kenyon
chromogenic print, 1 April 2008
NPG x135996
by Conrad Atkinson
giclée, oil pastel, gilding and collage, 2008
NPG 6953
by Dame Paula Rego
pastel on paper laid on board, 2005
NPG 6746
Jonny Lee Miller ('Jonny Lee Miller and Ethel')
by Stuart Pearson Wright
pencil, charcoal and wash, 2004-2005
NPG 6753
by Leonard William McComb
oil on canvas, 2003
NPG 7083
by Leonard William McComb
oil on canvas, 1999
NPG 6516
The Staff of the National Portrait Gallery
by John Goto
MicroPiezo print, 1999-2000
NPG x88800
by Mike Owen
bromide print, 1998
NPG x87848
by Alberto Arzoz
colour print, 1998
NPG x88161
by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1998
NPG P718(29)
by Trevor Leighton
bromide print, 1994
NPG x47390
by Steve Shipman
bromide print, July 1993
NPG x47276
Dame Jean Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott; Patricia Maxwell-Scott
by Bob Collins
35mm negative, September 1992
NPG x137516
Dame Jean Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott; Patricia Maxwell-Scott
by Bob Collins
35mm negative, September 1992
NPG x137517
by Paul Brason
oil on canvas, 1991
NPG 6158
by Trevor Leighton
bromide print, 8 November 1990
NPG x35745
by Stephen Hyde
colour print, October 1989
NPG x76324
by Granville Davies
bromide fibre print, November 1989
NPG x33557
by Edward Bawden
pencil and watercolour, 1986
NPG 5929
by Mike Owen
lith print, circa 1986
NPG x126477
by Michael Leonard
acrylic on cotton duck, 1985-1986
NPG 5861
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 1985
NPG x25204
Trade Unionists (Joe Gormley; Thomas Jackson; Sidney Weighell)
by Hans Schwarz
oil on board, 1984
NPG 5749
by Mike Owen
bromide print, 1983
NPG x31833
by Dudley Reed
bromide print on card mount, 1983
NPG x32170
William Trevor (William Trevor Cox)
by Mark Gerson
modern bromide print, February 1982
NPG x88231
by Maggi Hambling
oil on canvas, 1981
NPG 5578
by David Joseph Marcou
bromide fibre print, 1981
NPG x126230
by Suzi Malin
tempera on panel, 1980
NPG 5367
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, 1979
NPG x20118
by Leonard Baskin
bronze relief, 1978
NPG 6259
by Maggi Hambling
oil on canvas, 1977-1978
NPG 6562
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 6 April 1977
NPG P1179
Lady Diana Cooper (Diana (née Manners), Viscountess Norwich)
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, 1977
NPG P1223
James Herriot (James Alfred Wight)
by Fay Godwin
bromide print, 1977
NPG x12954
Dorothy de Rothschild (née Pinto)
by Bern Schwartz
dye transfer print, circa 1976
NPG P1248
Gillian Arrindell; Mark Arrindell; Steve Arrindell; Carl Arrindell
by Harry Diamond
gelatin silver print, 1975
NPG x199643
by Brian Shuel
modern bromide print from original negative, 1973
NPG x134128
by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print, February 1973
NPG P1055
by Harry Diamond
gelatin silver print, 1971
NPG x210110
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1970s
NPG x136778
by Derek Parker
35mm black and white negative, 1970
NPG x125472
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 23 January 1970
NPG x165736
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 28 October 1969
NPG x165956
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 28 October 1969
NPG x165957
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, late 1960s
NPG x132503
Vivien Leigh at the French Crystal Dove Award, Paris
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage press print, 2 November 1966
NPG x139810
by David Wedgbury
cibachrome print, 1965
NPG x76437
by Peter Keen
contact sheet, 1965
NPG x125336
by Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 14 April 1965
NPG x125405
Michael John Chantrey Inchbald
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 29 October 1965
NPG x125776
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1964
NPG x132361
Jeanette Rosalthé (née Johnston-Saint), Countess of Harrowby
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 20 July 1964
NPG x105400
Adèle Astaire (Lady Charles Cavendish)
by Francis Goodman
vintage bromide contact sheet of eleven 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 1964
NPG x195635
by David Wedgbury
resin print, 1964
NPG x47348
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 5 March 1964
NPG x125718