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- subject matching 'Pets and animals'
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 William Giller, published by Thomas McLean, after Wilhelm Hensel
mezzotint, published 11 October 1844
NPG D33829
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
tinted lithograph, published 14 May 1844
NPG D46363
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
tinted lithograph, published 28 December 1844
NPG D46365
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('A View in Hyde Park')
by John Harris, after Henry de Daubrawa
aquatint, published 1844
NPG D2905
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Charles Baugniet, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1845
NPG D33819
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Thomas Landseer, published by Joseph Hogarth, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mixed-method engraving, published 1845
NPG D35055
by Richard James Lane, after Henry Perronet Briggs
lithograph, circa 1845
NPG D21697
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, 1846
NPG D35052
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Wellington Cake')
published by John Lewis Marks
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1846
NPG D46057
New Version of John Gilpin after Stothard
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, published by Thomas McLean
tinted lithograph, published 2 March 1846
NPG D46368
Probably the Hon. Henry Richard Graves and four unknown men
by Hon. Henry Richard Graves
pencil, 1848
NPG D18085(14)
Domestic Life of the Royal Family
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph, 1848 or after
NPG D20924
'Disciples de Mr. [Richard] Cobden, dans l'exercice de leurs pacifiques fonctions.'
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 11 September 1849
NPG D18088
by James Scott, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1850s-1880s (1777)
NPG D5669
Joseph Hyacinthe Charles du Houx, marquis de Vioménil
by Pierre Louis Delaval
line engraving, circa 1850-1870
NPG D15881
The seven oldest children of Queen Victoria
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 25 December 1852
NPG D33826
after Unknown artist
etching, published 1853
NPG D9051
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 23 April 1856
NPG D9684
by Richard James Lane, printed by Graf & Soret, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, after Sir Edwin Landseer
lithograph, published 1 March 1856
NPG D22018
Queen Victoria; King Edward VII; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Tilbitts Willmore, after Sir Edwin Landseer
line engraving, 1858 (1847)
NPG D33591