Composers

Johann Christoph Pepusch

1666 or 1667-1752
Composer and teacher
Sitter in 4 portraits

David Perez

1711-1778
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Barrington Pheloung

1954-2019
Film and television composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

François André Danican Philidor

1726-1795
French composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sid Philips

1907-1973
Jazz musician, clarinettist and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Montague Fawcett Phillips

1885-1969
Composer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Tom Phillips

1937-2022
Artist, writer and composer; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 6 portraits | Artist of 22 portraits

Nicolas Piccini

1728-1800
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dieudonné-Pascal Pieltain

1754-1833
Musician and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Hugo Pierson (né Pearson)

1815-1873
Composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Frederic Pinto

1787-1806
Violinist and musical composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Poldowski (Régine (née Wieniawski), Lady Dean Paul)

1879-1932
Composer and pianist; wife of Sir Aubrey Edward Henry Dean Paul, 5th Bt
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja Rana Sahib of Porbandar

1901-1982
Cricketer, composer and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Leff Pouishnoff

1891-1959
Pianist and composer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Francis Poulenc

1899-1963
French composer and member of the group Les Six
Sitter in 2 portraits

André George Previn

1929-2019
Conductor and composer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Alex Prior

1992-
Composer and performer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Purcell

1659-1695
Composer
Sitter in 11 portraits

Roger Quilter

1877-1953
Composer
Sitter in 10 portraits

Steve Race

1921-2009
Musician, composer, broadcaster and quiz compere
Sitter in 2 portraits