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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 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
'Miss Beatrice Potter' (Beatrice Webb)
after Paul Hermann Naumann
glossy vintage print, circa 1890
NPG P1292(9)
by (William) Walker Hodgson
monochrome ink wash over pencil on artboard, 1892
NPG 7086
by John McLure Hamilton
pencil, 1893
NPG 4391
by John McLure Hamilton
oil on canvas, 1893
NPG 1866
by Joseph Barnard Davis
pen and ink, circa 1893
NPG 3257
by Unknown artist
charcoal and white chalk on paper, 1893
NPG 4405
by Phil May
pen, brush and pencil on paper, 1894
NPG 3038
by John Singer Sargent
lithograph, 1897
NPG 4414
by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
oil on canvas, 1898
NPG 1864
by Sir Frank Brangwyn
oil on canvas, circa 1900
NPG 4826
by Henry Tonks
pencil, 1900-1925
NPG 3072(5)
Back view of an unknown artist painting portrait of a woman
by Henry Tonks
pencil, 1900-1925
NPG 3072(2)
by Sir Leslie Ward
pencil, watercolour and gouache, 1905
NPG 5393
by James Craig Annan
photogravure, published 1907
NPG P357
Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Bt
by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt
oil on canvas, 1909
NPG 1951
by Sir William Orpen
pencil and wash, 1910
NPG 2638
by Herbert George Ponting
gelatin silver print, 19 May 1911
NPG P1366
Laura Knight with model, Ella Louise Naper ('Self Portrait')
by Laura Knight
oil on canvas, 1913
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4839
William Nicholson; Ben Nicholson
by Unknown artist
ink and wash, circa 1916
NPG 6379
by Charles Haslewood Shannon
lithograph, 1918
NPG 3081
by Bernard Partridge
pencil, pen and ink, heightened with white, circa 1927
NPG 5429
Sir (Samuel Henry) William Llewellyn
by Bernard Partridge
chalk, published in Punch 19 December 1928
NPG 5064
Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners
by Rex Whistler
oil on artist board, 1929
NPG 5050
by Philippe Ledoux
oil on canvas, exhibited 1934
NPG 4809
by George Herbert Buckingham Holland
oil on canvas, 1934
NPG 3549
by Felix H. Man
vintage fibre-based print mounted on card, 1934
NPG P866
by Yevonde
Vivex colour print, January 1936
On display at The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NPG P1839
by Yevonde
Vivex colour print, January 1936
NPG P1838
by Angus McBean, by John Vickers
bromide print, 1938
NPG P901
Hewlett Johnson; Jacob Epstein
by Felix H. Man
bromide print, 1943
NPG P15
by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1943
NPG P1086
by Sir Alfred James Munnings
black ink, circa 1950
NPG 4136
by Lee Miller
modern archival-toned gelatin silver print from original negative, 1950
NPG P1080
