English Portraits

Portraits of members of the House of Tudor have their own page.

 

Men's Portraits 

Sir William Drury (National Portrait Gallery NPG 1911). 16th C.

William Cecil, First Baron of Burghly by Franz Hogenberg (National Gallery of Art 1950.14.241). 16th C.

Sir Anthony Browne (National Portrait Gallery NPG 5186). Late 16th C.

Sir Richard Southwell (National Portrait Gallery NPG 4912). Late 16th C.

Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (National Portrait Gallery NPG 105). Late 16th C.

King Edward IV (National Portrait Gallery NPG 3542). Ca. 1540

King Henry VI (National Portrait Gallery NPG 2457). Ca. 1540

Sir William Butts (National Portrait Gallery NPG 210). Ca. 1540-43

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (National Portrait Gallery NPG 5291). 1546

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (National Portrait Gallery NPG 1851). Ca. 1547-50

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (National Portrait Gallery NPG 2184). 1560s

Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (National Portrait Gallery NPG 3800). Ca. 1562

Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln (National Portrait Gallery NPG 2918). Ca. 1560-65

Sir Richard Bingham (National Portrait Gallery NPG 3793). 1564

Sir Thomas Gresham (National Portrait Gallery NPG 352). Ca. 1565

Sir Henry Lee by Anthonis Mor (National Portrait Gallery NPG 2095). 1568

Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (National Portrait Gallery NPG 1852). 1568

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (National Portrait Gallery NPG 447). Ca. 1575

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (National Portrait Gallery NPG 247). Ca. 1575

Sir Philip Sidney (National Portrait Gallery NPG 5732). Ca. 1576

Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso by Arnold Bronckorst (National Portrait Gallery NPG 6919). 1578

Sir Francis Drake (National Portrait Gallery NPG 4032). Ca. 1581

Sir Francis Drake by Nicholas Hilliard (National Portrait Gallery NPG 4851). Ca. 1581

Sir Henry Brooke Cobham (National Portrait Gallery NPG D2091). 1582

Sir Francis Drake attributed to Jodocus Hondius (National Portrait Gallery NPG 3905). Ca. 1583

Sir Walter Ralegh (National Portrait Gallery NPG 7). 1588

Probably Sir Robert Dudley (National Portrait Gallery NPG 2613). 1590s 

Portrait of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex by William Segar (National Gallery of Ireland NGI.283). 1590

Unknown man, possibly George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland by Nicholas Hilliard (National Portrait Gallery NPG 6273). Ca. 1590

Thomas Cavendish by Jodocus Hondius (National Portrait Gallery NPG 6677). Ca. 1590-92

Sir John Harington (National Portrait Gallery NPG D31630). 1591

Ralph Simons (Symons) (National Portrait Gallery NPG 7021). Ca. 1595

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (National Portrait Gallery NPG 6241). Ca. 1595

Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh attributed to William Segar (National Gallery of Ireland NGI.281). 1598

Thomas Cavendish by Jodocus Hondius (National Portrait Gallery NPG 6677). Ca. 1590-92

 

Women's Portraits 

Called Lady Jane Grey (National Portrait Gallery NPG D21400). 16th C.

Portrait of Anne Stanhope, Duchess of Somerset (National Gallery of Ireland
NGI.759). 16th C.

Unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Tudor (National Portrait Gallery NPG 1173). Ca. 1520

Anne Stuart (Louvre RF 1938 8). 1534

Unknown woman, formerly known as Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (National Portrait Gallery NPG 2607). Ca. 1535

Unknown woman, formerly known as Lady Jane Grey (National Portrait Gallery NPG 764). Ca. 1555-60

Unknown woman, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots (National Portrait Gallery NPG 96). Ca. 1570 

Unknown sitter, formerly known as Mary, Queen of Scots (National Portrait Gallery NPG D18774). Ca. 1575-1600

Unknown woman, possibly Lady Arabella Stuart (National Portrait Gallery NPG 1723). Ca. 1595-1600


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