Pioneers

Sir Patrick Manson

1844-1922
Pioneer of tropical medicine
Sitter in 3 portraits

Guglielmo Marconi

1874-1937
Physicist and inventor of wireless transmission
Sitter in 29 portraits

Patrick Miller

1731-1815
Pioneer of steam navigation
Sitter in 4 portraits

Leslie Scott Falconer Mitchell

1905-1985
Actor; pioneer television announcer and commentator
Sitter in 11 portraits

Eva Helene Nansen (née Sars)

1858-1907
Mezzosoprano singer and pioneer of women's skiing; wife of Fridtjof Nansen
Sitter in 1 portrait

Florence Nightingale

1820-1910
Reformer of hospital nursing and of the Army Medical Services
Sitter associated with 37 portraits

Robert Owen

1771-1858
Pioneer of practical socialism
Sitter in 8 portraits

Miles Partington

1751-1838
Apothecary and pioneer of electricity
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John Pender

1815-1896
Pioneer of submarine telegraphy
Sitter in 4 portraits

Margaret Amy Pyke (née Chubb)

1893-1966
Family planning activist and pioneer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Rathbone

1819-1902
Merchant and philanthropist; pioneer organiser of nursing services
Sitter in 2 portraits

Richard Redgrave

1804-1888
Painter and pioneer organiser of art education
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Lella Secor Florence (née Lella Faye Secor)

1887-1966
Journalist, author and birth control pioneer; Wife of Philip Sargant Florence
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Mortimer Singer

1863-1929
Pioneer in cycling, motoring and flying; son of inventor of Singer sewing machine
Sitter in 1 portrait

Luigi Solari

1873-1957
Naval commander and pioneer of wireless telegraphy
Sitter in 3 portraits

Solomon Joseph Solomon

1860-1927
Painter; pioneer of camouflage techniques
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist associated with 12 portraits

Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith

1888-1989
Engineer and pioneer airman
Sitter in 5 portraits

Patrick Steptoe

1913-1988
Obstetrician, gynaecologist and pioneer of IVF conception
Sitter in 2 portraits

Marie Stopes

1880-1958
Palaeobotanist and pioneer and advocate of birth control
Sitter in 14 portraits

(Mary) Gladys Storey

1886-1978
Author and pioneer of Women's Services; daughter of George Adolphus Storey
Sitter in 8 portraits