Macdonnell Collection
9792 Portraits in set
Dictionary of National Biography re-bound in 73 folio volumes, extra-illustrated throughout with 7,000 engraved portraits, plus 10 boxes of additional engravings. The collection is particularly rich in 18th and 19th century prints. The volumes also contain a number of drawings, some of them original portraits of some consequence. The collection was compiled by the 20th century print collector J.H. MacDonnell and his manuscript index of sitters is bound in a separate volume. Purchased in 1966, with the aid of the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust.
by Unknown artist
woodcut, mid 16th century
NPG D23050
by Barthel Beham
line engraving, 1531
NPG D23478
by Christoffel Bockstorfer
etching, 1540s-1550s
NPG D23479
by Pierre Woeiriot
hand-coloured engraving, 1547-1599
NPG D48080
Robert Fitzwalter, 1st Baron Fitzwalter
after Unknown artist
etching, circa 1550-1650
NPG D45785
after Unknown artist
line engraving, after 1554
NPG D16920
after Unknown artist
line engraving, 1554 or after
NPG D17821
by Unknown engraver
woodcut, 1555 or after
NPG D16803
by Franz Huys, after Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1555
NPG D17822
after Jacopo da Trezzo
line engraving, (circa 1555)
NPG D17825
The Martyrdome of John Cardmaker and John Warne (John Cardmaker; John Warne (Warren))
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D21250
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563
NPG D23135
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563
NPG D34253
Thomas Cranmer; Juan de Villagarcia
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D34254
George Wishart ('The martyrdome of master George Wisehart')
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D34612
Taking up the body of John Wycliffe
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D42326
'The burnyng of Rose Allins hand, by Edmund Tyrrell'
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D42467
The Martyrdome of John Cardmaker and John Warne (John Cardmaker; John Warne (Warren))
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D45871
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D45872
Thomas Pye (Pie) or John Mendham ('The description of the penance of Thomas Pye, and John Mendham')
after Unknown artist
woodcut, published 1563 or after
NPG D45873