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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).
'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