Composers

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

1875-1912
Composer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Thomas Simpson Cooke

1782-1848
Singer and composer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Aaron Copland

1900-1990
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arcangelo Corelli

1653-1713
Musician, violinist and composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles William Corfe

1814-1883
Organist at Christ Church, Oxford and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Domenico Corri

1746-1825
Musical composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nicola Cosimo

1660-1724
Musician and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Costa

1808-1884
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 16 portraits

Elvis Costello

1954-
Musician and composer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Noël Coward

1899-1973
Actor, playwright and composer
Sitter associated with 117 portraits

Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen

1852-1935
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 17 portraits

Frederic Robert Cox

1905-1985
Singer, composer and Professor of Singing
Sitter in 1 portrait

Johann Baptist Cramer

1771-1858
Pianist and composer
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait

William Croft

1678-1727
Musician and composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Adrian Francis Cruft

1921-1987
Composer and musician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Edric Cundell

1893-1961
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 12 portraits

Nicolas Marie Dalayrac

1753-1809
French composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Philip William ('Johnny') Dankworth

1927-2010
Jazz musician and composer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Max Darewski

1894-1929
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christian Darnton

1905-1981
Composer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

1934-2016
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir (Henry) Walford Davies

1869-1941
Composer and organist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Carl Davis

1936-2023
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 5 portraits

Hilda Dederich

1901-1969
Pianist, composer and teacher
Sitter in 6 portraits

Isidore de Lara (né Cohen)

1858-1935
Composer and singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Orlande de Lassus (or Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus)

circa 1532-1594
Franco-Flemish composer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Frederick Delius

1862-1934
Composer
Sitter in 18 portraits

Norman Rene Del Mar

1919-1994
Conductor and composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Teresa del Riego

1876-1968
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Haidee De Rance

Composer and musician
Sitter in 5 portraits

Rudolph Dolmetsch

1906-1942
Viola de gambist, conductor and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Antal Doráti

1906-1988
Conductor and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

(William) Barry Douglas

1960-
Concert pianist and conductor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jonathan Dove

1959-
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Sanders Dupuis

1733-1796
Organist and composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Brian Easdale

1909-1995
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry John Edwards

1854-1933
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

1857-1934
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 19 portraits

Brian David Elias

1948-
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Pierre Jean Baptiste François Elleviou

1769-1842
French singer, actor and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait