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431 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Allegory in portraits'
A selection of portraits that make use of allegory.
after Daniel Maclise
pen and brush and ink, (published 1832)
NPG D34561
A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform
by Unknown artist
aquatint, published 1832
NPG D10854
Queen Victoria; Britannia; Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
published by Archibald Alexander Park
etching, published 21 January 1839
NPG D47434
George Augustus Frederick Fitzclarence, 1st Earl of Munster
by Richard Austin Artlett, after Thomas Phillips
stipple and line engraving, published 1839
NPG D5321
by Henry Thomas Ryall, after Louis Gallait
stipple and line engraving, 1841 or after
NPG D10876
Monument to John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter and Anne Cecil (née Cavendish), Countess of Exeter
by W.S. Wilkinson, published by William Pickering, after Pierre Étienne Monnot
etching, published 1842 (1703 or after)
NPG D36621
John Knox reproving the ladies of Queen Mary's court
by William Thomas Roden, published by Joseph Hogarth, after Alfred Edward Chalon
line engraving, published 31 May 1851
NPG D37118
by Frederick Bromley, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1861 (1773)
NPG D683
by Frederick Bromley, published by Henry Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1861 (1773)
NPG D14674
Napoléon III, Emperor of France ('Sovereigns, No. 1. "Le regime parlementaire."')
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 4 September 1869
NPG D43395
'A Comparison' (Queen Elizabeth I; Queen Victoria; Britannia; Ellen Terry as Hamlet)
by William Frederick Measom
wood engraving, published 24 March 1869
NPG D47435
Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia ('Holy Willie's Prayer')
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 4 January 1871
NPG D48217
Louis Adolphe Thiers ('The Political MacHeath')
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 18 October 1871
NPG D48258
'Matthews "At Home." He seems not for an age but for all time.'
published by Frederick Arnold, after Unknown artist
lithograph, published in the Hornet 2 October 1872
NPG D48308
Sir George Pomeroy Pomeroy-Colley ('How Colley Died!')
by W.G.S.
lithograph, published 10 March 1881
NPG D34033
by Theodore Blake Wirgman
etching, 1880s (1881)
NPG D9648
by Wallis Gimson & Co.
transfer-printed and hand-coloured earthenware, 1887
NPG D48623
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published 1887
NPG D8423
Queen Elizabeth I as patroness of Geography and Astronomy
by Emery Walker Ltd, after Remigius Hogenberg
collotype, early 20th century (1579)
NPG D31837
by William Strang
etching and aquatint, 1900
NPG D36884