of 64 portraits of King Henry VII
© National Portrait Gallery, London
This portrait
This impressive portrait is the earliest painting in the National Portrait Gallery's collection. The inscription records that the portrait was painted on 29 October 1505 by order of Herman Rinck, an agent for the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I. The portrait was probably painted as part of an unsuccessful marriage proposal, as Henry hoped to marry Maximilian's daughter Margaret of Savoy as his second wife.
The Brontë Sisters (Anne Brontë; Emily Brontë; Charlotte Brontë)
1 portrait matching 'the bronte sisters'
The Brontë Sisters (Anne Brontë; Emily Brontë; Charlotte Brontë)
by Patrick Branwell Brontë
oil on canvas, circa 1834
35 1/2 in. x 29 3/8 in. (902 mm x 746 mm)
Purchased, 1914
Primary Collection
NPG 1725
oil on canvas, circa 1834
35 1/2 in. x 29 3/8 in. (902 mm x 746 mm)
Purchased, 1914
Primary Collection
NPG 1725
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- Anne Brontë (1820-1849), Novelist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
- Charlotte Brontë (Mrs A.B. Nicholls) (1816-1855), Novelist. Sitter associated with 4 portraits.
- Emily Brontë (1818-1848), Novelist. Sitter in 3 portraits.
This portrait
This is the only surviving group portrait of the three famous novelist sisters - from left to right: Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë. The portrait was known from a description of it by the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell who saw it in 1853. It was thought to have been lost until it was discovered folded up on top of a cupboard by the second wife of Charlotte Brontë's husband, the Reverend A.B. Nicholls, in 1914. In the centre of the group a male figure, previously concealed by a painted pillar, can now be discerned; it is almost certainly a self-portrait of the artist, their brother Branwell Brontë.
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Helena Bonham Carter
1 of 6 portraits of Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
by John Swannell
Iris print, 1987
13 5/8 in. x 20 1/2 in. (345 mm x 520 mm)
Given by the photographer, John Swannell, 1998
Primary Collection
NPG P717(2)
Iris print, 1987
13 5/8 in. x 20 1/2 in. (345 mm x 520 mm)
Given by the photographer, John Swannell, 1998
Primary Collection
NPG P717(2)
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- Hats and head-attire
- Jane Austen (1775-1817), NovelistSitter associated with 5 portraits
Few English novelists have commanded such popular affection and critical respect as the author of works including Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816). Austen was a writer of refinement and charm, whose honesty and sense of irony helped shape some of the supreme masterpieces of nineteenth-century fiction. The daughter of a clergyman, she never married, and lived quietly with her family in Hampshire and later Bath. Her six main novels made ordinary domestic life a compelling subject for fiction, drawing on her own observations of genteel social relations, courtship, and the position of women during the Regency.by Unknown artist
hollow-cut silhouette, circa 1810-1815
NPG 3181by Cassandra Austen
pencil and watercolour, circa 1810
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3630published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D1007published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D1008published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D13873
King Henry VII
by Unknown Netherlandish artist
oil on panel, 1505
16 3/4 in. x 12 in. (425 mm x 305 mm) arched top
Purchased, 1876
Primary Collection
NPG 416
oil on panel, 1505
16 3/4 in. x 12 in. (425 mm x 305 mm) arched top
Purchased, 1876
Primary Collection
NPG 416
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