Self Portrait Gallery
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Self portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1623)
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Sir Peter Lely mezzotint from original self-portrait (1684)
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Self portrait of William Kent
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Self portrait of Allan Ramsay (1737)
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Self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1776)
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Self portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence
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Self portrait of Sir David Wilkie
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Self Portrait of Sir George Hayter (1843)
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