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The appearance of pets and animals in portraits can give clues to a sitter's lifestyle or social status. Sometimes they are used by the artist or the sitter as accessories, fashion statements or to add interest to a composition. Their appearance can also serve as a symbolic reference. A selection of images that depict real pets and animals or representations of animals. See also: 'Shells and fossils', 'Transport and vehicles - Animals' (Accessory), 'Fur accessories' (Dress) and 'Taxidermy' (Theme)
by Richard Phelps
oil on canvas, 1750
On display at Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life, Tiverton
NPG 5562
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(41)
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(39)
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(43)
Sarah Kirby (née Bull); (John) Joshua Kirby
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, circa 1751-1752
NPG 1421
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pencil, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(53)
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(56)
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pencil, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(44)
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(11)
by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink and pencil, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(25)
by Edward Alcock
oil on canvas, 1760
NPG 263
studio of Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
oil on canvas, circa 1773 or after
NPG 39
by Daniel Gardner
gouache and chalk, 1775
NPG 6903
after Ozias Humphry
watercolour and pencil, 1777-1779
NPG 1399
Sir John Irwin, KB, reviewing Troops in Dublin
by Francis Wheatley
oil on canvas, 1781
NPG 682
'John Wilkes and his daughter Polly' (Mary ('Polly') Wilkes; John Wilkes)
by Johan Joseph Zoffany
oil on canvas, exhibited 1782
On display in Room 12 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6133
attributed to David Martin
oil on canvas, 1785
NPG 1433
by John Boultbee
oil on canvas, circa 1788-1790
NPG 5949
Anna Maria Jenkins; Thomas Jenkins
by Angelica Kauffmann
oil on canvas, 1790
NPG 5044
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil and grey wash, circa 1800
NPG 2103a
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
by Henry Edridge
pencil and watercolour, 1808
NPG 313
by Eliza H. Trotter
oil on canvas, exhibited 1811
NPG 3312
by Margaret Sarah Carpenter
oil on canvas, 1816
NPG 5708
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere
by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1817
NPG 4177
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam
by William Owen
oil on canvas, exhibited 1817
NPG 4979
Munnoo (William Munnoo or Munnew); William Hickey
by William Thomas
oil on canvas, 1819
On display in Room 10 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3249
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink, 1821
NPG 3082(1)
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink, 1821
NPG 3082(2)
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink, 1821
NPG 3082(3)
by Sir George Hayter
pen and ink, 1821
NPG 3082(4)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(132)
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by Sir David Wilkie
oil on panel, circa 1822-1823
On display in Room 15 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2936
by James Northcote
oil on linen, 1822
On display at Brantwood, Coniston
NPG 5973
attributed to Richard Westmacott
pencil, 1825
NPG 3944(5)
attributed to John Partridge
pencil, 1825
NPG 3944(12)