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18 artworks
Portrait of Sidney Wells
Image credit: Tate

Portrait of Sidney Wells 1859

Joanna Mary Wells (1831–1861)

Oil on canvas

H 27.6 x W 25.1 cm

Tate

Frances Tradescant
Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Frances Tradescant c. 1638

British School

Oil on canvas

H 68 x W 61 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Portrait of an Unknown Lady
Image credit: National Trust Images

Portrait of an Unknown Lady late 19th C

British School

Oil on canvas

H 72.5 x W 61 cm

National Trust, Kingston Lacy

Mrs Prudence Rix
Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

Mrs Prudence Rix c.1756

Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788)

Oil on canvas

H 75.7 x W 63.5 cm

Manchester Art Gallery

Lady of Keele
Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Lady of Keele 1860–1870

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 62 cm

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Miss Janet Shairp
Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Miss Janet Shairp 1750

Allan Ramsay (1713–1784)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 63.4 cm

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Memories
Image credit: Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery

Memories 1874

Paul Bürde (1819–1874)

Oil on canvas

H 74 x W 86 cm

Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery

Portrait of a Lady
Image credit: The Bowes Museum

Portrait of a Lady c.1825–c.1850

French School

Oil on canvas

H 40.5 x W 30.5 cm

The Bowes Museum

Joséphine Bowes (1825–1874), Countess of Montalbo
Image credit: The Bowes Museum

Joséphine Bowes (1825–1874), Countess of Montalbo 1850

Antoine Dury (1819–c.1896)

Oil on canvas

H 195.8 x W 127.9 cm

The Bowes Museum

Two Women in Renaissance Dress, One Playing a Lute
Image credit: Pannett Art Gallery

Two Women in Renaissance Dress, One Playing a Lute c.1850

Frank Stone (1800–1859)

Oil on canvas

H 69 x W 88 cm

Pannett Art Gallery

Lady Edith Villiers (1878–1935), Wearing a Blue Satin Gown
Image credit: Mount Edgcumbe House

Lady Edith Villiers (1878–1935), Wearing a Blue Satin Gown

Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (1858–1941)

Oil on canvas

H 90 x W 70 cm

Mount Edgcumbe House

Portrait of a Lady
Image credit: The Bowes Museum

Portrait of a Lady 1760–1780

French School

Oil on canvas

H 33.6 x W 28.3 cm

The Bowes Museum

Portrait of a Young Girl
Image credit: The Bowes Museum

Portrait of a Young Girl c.1620–c.1650

French School

Oil on panel

H 36 x W 26.5 cm

The Bowes Museum

Mrs Rowe 1752

Henry Pickering (c.1720–1770/1771)

Oil on canvas

H 125.6 x W 100.3 cm

York Museums Trust

Helen Modrzejewska (1844–1909)
Image credit: Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Helen Modrzejewska (1844–1909) 1880

Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 50.8 cm

Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

Diana Mary (d.1995), and June Ramsden
Image credit: North Lincolnshire Museums

Diana Mary (d.1995), and June Ramsden 1929

Harry Dixon (1861–1941)

Oil on canvas

H 152.5 x W 121.5 cm

North Lincolnshire Museums

A Mother and Child
Image credit: Mount Edgcumbe House

A Mother and Child

British (English) School

Tempera or oil on metal

H 56.3 x W 41.6 cm

Mount Edgcumbe House

Professor D. R. Dow
Image credit: Crail Museum & Heritage Centre

Professor D. R. Dow 1898

David Comba Adamson (1859–1926)

Oil on canvas

H 90.8 x W 67.6 cm

Crail Museum & Heritage Centre