Writers and critics

Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan

1916-2000
Administrator and writer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Thomas Annandale

1838-1907
Professor of Surgery; writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Anson

1889-1975
Writer on religion and on the sea; monk; artist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Dame Margaret Joan Anstee

1926-2016
Diplomat and writer; Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Anstis

1669-1744
Garter king-of-arms and heraldic writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Evelyn Anthony (Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas (née Stephens))

1926-2018
Writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Prince Antoine Bibesco

1878-1951
Romanian Minister to Madrid, lawyer and writer; husband of Elizabeth Asquith
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edmund Edward Antrobus

1807?-1886
Magistrate, tea merchant and writer
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Charles James Apperley

1778-1843
Sports writer; 'Nimrod'
Sitter in 2 portraits

Ernest Robert Appleton

1891-1964
Broadcaster and religious author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Riccardo Aragno

1915-2003
Writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Harriet Arbuthnot (née Fane)

1793-1834
Diarist and friend of Wellington
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

William Archer

1856-1924
Critic and journalist
Sitter in 10 portraits

Neil Richard Ardley

1937-2004
Composer, musician and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Pietro Aretino

1492-1556
Writer; poet, dramatist and satirist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Pandely Argenti

1891-d 1974
Greek diplomat and writer; son of Pandely Leonidas Argenti
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

1823-1900
Politician, Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for India and writer on science, religion, and politics
Sitter in 32 portraits

Matthew Arnold

1822-1888
Poet, writer and inspector of schools
Sitter in 18 portraits

Hugo Arnot

1749-1786
Writer and advocate
Sitter in 6 portraits

Amma Asante

1969-
Writer and film director
Sitter in 4 portraits