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

John Avery

1807-1855
Surgeon
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Francis Avery Jones

1910-1998
Physician and gastroenterologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sami Ayad

1989-
Doctoral Student
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Ayliffe (Aylef)

circa 1490-1556
Surgeon to King Henry VIII
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Sir George Washington Badgerow

1872-1937
Consulting surgeon for diseases of the throat, nose and ears
Sitter in 8 portraits

Constance Barbara (née Clarke), Lady Baird (later Lady Kennedy)

1867-1931
Volunteer nurse and yachtswoman; member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY); former wife of Sir John Baird, and later wife of Lord Charles Kennedy (later 5th Marquess of Ailsa)
Sitter in 6 portraits

George Baker

1540-1612
Surgeon
Sitter in 6 portraits

Gus Baker

1955-
Psychologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter Baker

Self-styled Doctor of Medicine
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Graham Balfour

1813-1891
Army surgeon
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Bankhead

1767-1859
Physician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Barcroft

1904-1998
Circulatory physiologist; son of Sir Joseph Barcroft
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Lomax Bardsley

1801-1876
Physician to Manchester Infirmary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gimba Bariketu

NHS Ward Host
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Herbert Atkinson Barker

1869-1950
Manipulative surgeon
Sitter in 11 portraits

Dinah Barkers-Woode

circa 1931-
Nurse
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame (Alice) Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes

1912-1999
Obstetrician and gynaecologist
Sitter in 10 portraits

John Baron

1786-1851
Physician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Barr

1849-1938
Consultant physician and amateur artist
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Sir Lancelot Edward Barrington-Ward

1884-1953
Surgeon to George VI
Sitter in 5 portraits