Writers and critics

Jane Oliver (Helen Christina Easson Rees)

1903-1970
Writer
Sitter in 27 portraits

Edith Olivier

1872-1948
Writer; Mayor of Wilton
Sitter in 12 portraits

Sir (Philip) Christopher Ondaatje

1933-
Financier, writer, philanthropist and patron of the arts
Sitter in 3 portraits

Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

1941-
Philosopher, writer and academic
Sitter in 2 portraits

Horace Walpole

1717-1797
Writer and collector
Sitter associated with 20 portraits

Alexandra Sutherland Orr (née Leighton)

1828-1903
Biographer of Robert Browning; sister of Lord Leighton
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Orwell

1903-1950
Novelist and critic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sherard Osborn

1822-1875
Rear-Admiral and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ozzy Osbourne

1948-
Singer and songwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Herman Ould

1885-1951
Dramatist, poet and critic
Sitter in 6 portraits

Frank Owen

1905-1979
Journalist, writer and broadcaster
Sitter in 8 portraits

John Oxenham

1852-1941
Journalist, novelist and poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Frank Lucius Packard

1877-1942
Canadian novelist and short story writer
Sitter in 11 portraits

Dorothy (née Coventry), Lady Pakington

1623-1679
Writer, reputed author of 'The Whole Duty of Man'
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Paley

1743-1805
Theological writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Francis Turner Palgrave

1824-1897
Poet and critic; son of Sir Francis Palgrave
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Palin

1943-
Comedian, actor and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Alan Parker

1944-2020
Film director and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Molly Parkin

1932-
Journalist and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sydney Muller Parkman

1895-1995
Humorous writer
Sitter in 8 portraits