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Heinz Archive and Library
St Martin's Place
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Persons (55)
- Baker, Charles Henry Collins, (1880-1959), art historian
- Beale, Charles, (c1631-1705), husband of Mary Beale
- Beechey, Henry William, (1788-1862), painter and explorer
- Beechey, Sir William, (1753-1839), Knight Painter
- Bell, Charles Francis, (1871-1966), art historian
- Bell, Doyne Courtenay, (1830-1888), Permanent Secretary to Privy Purse, antiquary
- Browning, George Frederick, (c1800-1900), portrait artist
- Comerford, John, (c1770-1832), miniature painter
- Eddis, Eden Upton, (1812-1901), painter
- Elwes, Simon Edmund Vincent Paul, (1902-1975), painter and war artist
- Fitch, William Stevenson, (1792-1859), Suffolk antiquary
- Freud, Lucian Michael, (1922-2011), artist
- Furniss, Harry, (1854-1925), caricaturist and illustrator
- Garlick, Kenneth, (1916-2009), museum professional
- Gladstone, William Ewart, (1809-1898), statesman
- Grant, Sir Francis, (1803-1878), Knight, portrait painter
- Hahn, Adolph, (1855-1928), picture restorer
- Hake, Sir Henry, (1892-1951), Knight Director of National Portrait Gallery
- Harding, George Perfect, (d 1853), portrait painter and copyist
- Herkomer, Sir Hubert von, (1849-1914), Knight, German painter
- Holmes, Sir Charles John, (1868-1936), Knight Director of the National Gallery
- Home, Robert, (1752-1834), portrait artist
- Hughes, Alice, (1857-1939), photographer
- Jeffree, Richard, (1930-1991), researcher
- Jowett, Benjamin, (1817-1893), biblical and classical scholar Master of Balliol College Camberwell, Surrey;Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Kelly, Sir Gerald Festus, (1879-1972), Knight, artist
- Lane, Richard James, (1800-1872), engraver and lithographer
- Lawrence, Sir Thomas, (1769-1830), Knight, painter
- Lemon, Robert, (1779-1835), archivist
- Lydons, Samuel, (c1763-1819), archivist
- Millais, Sir John Everett, (1829-1896), Knight, painter
- Miller, William Edwards, (1851-1940), portrait artist
- Nichols, John, (1745-1826), printer, author and antiquary
- Nichols, John Bowyer, (1779-1863), printer and antiquary
- Northcote, James, (1746-1831), painter and author
- Partridge, John, (1789-1872), portrait artist
- Phillips, Thomas, (1770-1845), portrait painter
- Piper, Sir David Towry, (1918-1990), Knight, gallery director and art historian Wimbledon, Surrey
- Potter, Rupert, (1832-1914), lawyer and amateur photographer
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman
- Richmond, George, (1809-1896), painter
- Rickards, Charles Hilditch, (1812-1886), Paper Manufacturer and Art Collector
- Ritchie, Anne Isabella, (1837-1919), novelist and biographer
- Romney, George, (1734-1802), painter
- Salisbury, Frank Owen, (1874-1962), Painter
- Scharf, Sir George, (1820-1895), Knight, director of the National Portrait Gallery
- Seguier, William, (1772-1843), dealer in pictures and prints
- Steegman, John Edward Horatio, (1899-1966), writer on art and architecture
- Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry, (1899-1969), historian and editor
- Strong, Sir Roy Colin, (b 1935), Knight Art Historian
- Tennyson, Hallam, (1852-1928), 2nd Baron Tennyson, Governor General of Australia
- Tull, Robert, (c1731-1758), craftsman
- Watts, George Frederic, (1817-1904), painter and sculptor
- Way, Albert, (1805-1874), antiquary
- Wright, Joseph, (1734-1797), Painter
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (3)
- NRA 32319 National Portrait Gallery Archive: MS collections
- NRA 34420 Charles and John Watkins, photographers: corresp and papers
- NRA 34418 George Frederic Watts, painter and sculptor: corresp
Accessions
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