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A selection of portraits that depict books and libraries. See also: 'Reading' and 'Writing' (Activity).

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Horace Walpole

by John Giles Eccardt
oil on canvas, 1754
On display at Strawberry Hill Trust, Twickenham
NPG 988

Joseph Gibbs

by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1755
On display at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury
NPG 2179

George Frideric Handel

by Thomas Hudson
oil on canvas, 1756
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3970

Samuel Johnson

by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1756
On display in Room 3 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1597

William Shenstone

by Edward Alcock
oil on canvas, 1760
NPG 263

Anne Oldfield

by Edward Fisher, published by John Spilsbury, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, circa 1760-1785
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B5.22

William Dodd

by John Russell
oil on canvas, 1769
NPG 251

John Wilkes

by Unknown artist
black and white chalk with grey wash on paper, 1769?
NPG 284

Oliver Goldsmith

studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1770 or after
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 130

John Henderson

by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1773-1775
NPG 980

Catharine Macaulay (née Sawbridge)

by Robert Edge Pine
oil on canvas, circa 1775
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5856

David Garrick

by Thomas Watson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1775?)
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B5.03

George Colman the Elder

by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1777
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 59

Sir William Chambers

after Sir Joshua Reynolds
ink and grey wash with touches of red crayon on paper, probably late 1770s
NPG 3159

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway (née Hadfield)

by Richard Cosway
pencil and watercolour, 1781-1785
NPG 7036

John Henderson

by John Jones, published by John Sewell, after Thomas Gainsborough
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1786
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.31