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Facts

Born February 23, 1817 • London • England
Died July 1, 1904 (aged 87) • England
Notable Family Members spouse Ellen Terry

Photos

Watts, George Frederick: Physical Energy
George Frederick Watts: Mammon
Matthew Arnold
Thomas Carlyle
1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, detail of a portrait by George Frederic Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles Hallé, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts (1817–1904); in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Layard, drawing by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Meredith, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts, 1893; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Oil painting of Sir Anthony Panizzi
Petrie, detail of an oil painting by G.F. Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Kehinde Wiley smiling at the 2021 LACMA Art + Film Gala, wearing a black tuxedo jacket with blue floral embroidery and a black bow tie.
Kehinde Wiley
American artist
Portrait of Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, shown from the chest up, looking directly at the camera against a plain background.
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian artist
Head of God the Father
Daniele da Volterra
Italian artist
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
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Joseph Severn
artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
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Thomas Gainsborough
English painter
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English artist
Joshua Reynolds: self-portrait
Joshua Reynolds
British painter
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Sir Thomas Lawrence
British artist
Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
Nicholas Hilliard
English painter
John Everett Millais
John Everett Millais
British painter
Self-portrait, oil on canvas by George Romney, 1784; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. 125.7 cm × 99.1 cm.
George Romney
British painter
Rowlandson, Thomas: Comet
Thomas Rowlandson
English painter and caricaturist

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