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- subject matching 'Making art'
A selection of portraits that depict art being made. See also: 'Art in art' (Accessory) and 'Artists and their studios' (Theme).
by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
calotype, 1844
NPG P6(7)
after a photograph by David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
oil on millboard, late 19th century, based on a work of 1844
NPG 1368
by James Sant
oil on millboard glued on canvas, 1844
NPG 4093
attributed to John Phillip
oil on canvas
NPG 3335
by Sir Francis Grant
sepia ink, 1852
NPG 436
by Sir Francis Grant
oil on board, circa 1852
NPG 1018
Elizabeth Eleanor Rossetti (née Siddal)
after Dante Gabriel Rossetti
photograph of drawing, albumen print, circa 1863, based on a work of mid 1850s
NPG P1273(2a)
Two unknown art students at work
by Charles West Cope
pencil, 1855
NPG 3182(17)
'Art must assist Photography' (Putto as Allegory of Painting)
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen print, 1856
NPG P2011(1)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(45)
by William Frederick Lake Price
albumen print, arched top, May 1857
NPG P860
by Charles Bell Birch
pencil, 1858
NPG 2474
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by Charles Samuel Keene
pen and ink, 1860s
NPG 1117
by Charles West Cope
pencil, 1862
NPG 3182(1)
by Charles West Cope
pencil, 1862
NPG 3182(15)
Ferdinand Pickering and seven unknown art students
by Charles West Cope
pen and pencil, 1862
NPG 3182(14)
by Charles West Cope
pencil, circa 1862
NPG 3182(18)
by Charles West Cope
pen and ink, 1864
NPG 3182(19)
Emilia Francis (née Strong), Lady Dilke
by Pauline, Lady Trevelyan (née Jermyn), and Laura Capel Lofft (later Lady Trevelyan)
oil on millboard, circa 1864
NPG 1828a
by John Ballantyne
oil on canvas, 1865
NPG 2555
by John Ballantyne
oil on canvas, circa 1865
NPG 835
by Francis Wilfrid Lawson
pencil with traces of Chinese white, circa 1865-1866
NPG 2797
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, circa 1865-1869
NPG P125
by John Ballantyne
oil on canvas, 1866
NPG 5239
by William Powell Frith
oil on canvas, 1867
NPG 1738
by Charles West Cope
charcoal, 1867
NPG 3182(16)
by A.S. Langdon
chalk, 1870
NPG 4583
by Sir George Scharf
pencil and watercolour, late 1870s?
NPG 4053(5)
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by Carlo Pellegrini
pencil, watercolour and gouache, published in Vanity Fair 13 May 1871
NPG 2626
by Sir George Scharf
pencil, 1872
NPG 4053(6)
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3570
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3526
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
pen and ink and pencil, circa 1882
NPG 5414
by Solomon Joseph Solomon
pen and ink, circa 1883-1885
NPG 3044
by Sir George Scharf
pencil, 1887
NPG 4053(2)
by Sir George Scharf
pencil, 1887
NPG 4053(3)
by Jean de Paleologu '(PAL')
watercolour, 1889
NPG 3007
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1890
NPG 2384
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1890
NPG 2385
by Henry Poole
bronze statuette
NPG 2480