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James Northcote (1746-1831), Painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Artist or producer associated with 106 portraits, Sitter associated with 24 portraits.

1) NPG CIC, 2004, pp.749-751. Only five drawings from this collection (four by Jean Baptiste Guth and one by Leslie Ward) were not published in the magazine: NPG 4707(3), 4707(9), 4707(12), 4707(15) ...

Diana (née Bridgeman), Lady Abdy (1907-1967), Fashion leader; wife of Sir Robert Henry Abdy; daughter of 5th Earl of Bradford. 15 Portraits Hariot (née Alston), Lady Abdy (1819-1877), Wife of Sir ...

line and stipple engraving, published 1 December 1836 (1766-1768) ...

At sixteen, Campbell ran away from his home in Scotland and joined a ship heading for the West Indies. He joined the Army and by 1800 had become a brigade major on the island of St Vincent. The ...

Painter, printmaker and designer, best known for the compelling realism of his portraits. He learnt painting from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, and worked in Basle, Switzerland, before moving to ...

The portrait shows Andrew Wiles seated, in two-thirds profile. The background is undefined and the sitter is presented as an isolated, thoughtful, figure. In discussing an artist, Andrew Wiles ...

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