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- subject matching 'Reading'
A selection of portraits that depict sitters reading. See also: 'Books and Libraries' (Accessory) and 'Writing' (Activiity).
by Daniel Maclise
watercolour, published 1830
NPG 3028
by Daniel Maclise
watercolour and pencil, circa 1830-1835
NPG 3030
by Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, watercolour and pencil, corners diagonally cut, 1830
NPG 5514
by Edward Petre Novello
oil on canvas, early 1830s
NPG 5684
by Sir William Allan
oil on board, 1831
NPG 321
attributed to James Spedding
pencil, circa 1831
NPG 3940
by Unknown artist
watercolour and stipple on ivory, circa 1834
NPG 1870
by Ebenezer Morley
watercolour, 1834
NPG 4521
by Alfred George Stevens
pencil, circa 1835-1840
NPG 1526
by Sir Edwin Landseer
oil on panel, 1836
NPG 384
by Samuel Laurence
oil on canvas, circa 1837
NPG 2508
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 Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1839
NPG 1998
by Henry Perronet Briggs
oil on canvas, 1840
NPG 3977
by Charles West Cope
pencil, circa 1840s
NPG 3182(11)
by Sebastian Evans
pencil, circa 1840s-1880s
NPG 2173(24)
attributed to Thomas Heathfield Carrick
watercolour on marble, circa 1841-1854
NPG 4506
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843-1848
NPG P6(181)
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1843
NPG P6(10)