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900 portraits matching these criteria:
- 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