Doctors and nurses

John Abercrombie

1780-1844
Physician
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Abernethy

1764-1831
Surgeon and teacher
Sitter in 10 portraits

James Johnston Abraham

1876-1963
Surgeon and writer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir George Stewart Abram

1866-1928
Physician; Mayor of Reading
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt

1815-1900
Physician
Sitter in 7 portraits

Nicholas Alcocke

active 1541-died 1550
Surgeon to King Edward VI
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

1878-1942
Red Cross nurse; daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; wife of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Sitter associated with 17 portraits

Hoda Ali

Nurse and human rights activist
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Pulteney Alison

1790-1859
Physician
Sitter in 4 portraits

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

1836-1917
Physician
Sitter in 7 portraits

James Anderson

1738-1809
Botanist, agriculturalist and physician in India
Sitter in 7 portraits

Elizabeth Anionwu

1947-
Sickle-cell and thalassemia nurse specialist and Professor of Nursing
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Archer

active 1660-died 1684
Physician to Charles II
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Armstrong

1750-1815
Physician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Katherine Fairlie Armstrong

1892-1969
Nurse
Sitter in 3 portraits

Neil Arnott

1788-1874
Physician and natural philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dr Peter Asher

Husband of Amy Shuard
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Askew

1722-1774
Physician and scholar
Sitter in 1 portrait

Katharine Frances Asquith (née Horner)

1885-1976
Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse and patron of the arts; daughter of Sir John and Lady Horner; wife of Raymond Asquith
Sitter in 10 portraits

Sir John Atkins

1875-1963
Deputy Director of Army Medical Services; physician-in-ordinary to Duke of Connaught
Sitter in 5 portraits