Entertainers and performers

Bob Adams

active circa 1900-1925
Music hall entertainer; one of The Two Bobs
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Agard

1949-
Poet, playwright, performer and anthologist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bob Alden

active circa 1900-1925
Music hall entertainer; one of The Two Bobs
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marc Anthony

Nightclub pianist and entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Askey

1900-1982
Actor and entertainer
Sitter in 4 portraits

John Astley

1768-1821
Equestrian performer; son of Philip Astley
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Astley

1742-1814
Equestrian performer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Effie Atherton

1907-2005
Actress, singer and dancer; former wife of Leslie L. Landau and later wife of Theodore H. Hoare
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sam Bagnall

1836-1885 or after
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilkie Bard

1870-1944
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Fred Barnes

1885-1938
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 9 portraits

P.T. Barnum

1810-1891
Showman and businessman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ida Barr (Maud Barlow)

1882-1967
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 4 portraits

James Beattson

Showman
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bessie Bellwood

1856-1896
Victorian music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ellen Eliza Blight (Bright)

1833 or 1834-1850
Lion tamer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Blondin

1824-1897
Tightrope walker
Sitter in 4 portraits

Michel Boai

active 1830s
Chin performer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Pepita Bobadilla (née Nelly Louise Burton) (Mrs Haddon Chambers)

born circa 1894
Music hall entertainer; former wife of Charles Haddon Chambers, and later wife of Sydney Reilly
Sitter in 2 portraits

Bessie Bonehill

1855-1902
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bonita (Pauline Des Londes)

born 1886
Music hall entertainer; sister of Artie Hall
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Boruwlaski

1739-1837
Travelling performer and memoirist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Leotard Bosco (James Frederick Greathead)

1850-1895
Magician and entrepreneur
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Bowie

1947-2016
Singer, songwriter, performer and actor
Sitter in 20 portraits

Bernard Braden

1916-1993
Actor and television presenter
Sitter in 3 portraits

Chang Bunker

1811-1874
Showman and conjoined twin of Eng Bunker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Eng Bunker

1811-1874
Showman and conjoined twin of Chang Bunker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Bella Burge (Bella Lloyd) (Bella of Blackfriars) (née Leah Belle Orchard)

1877-1962
Music Hall entertainer, dresser to Marie Lloyd and boxing promoter at The Ring
Sitter in 1 portrait

Max Bygraves

1922-2012
Entertainer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alessandro, Count of Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo)

1743-1795
Italian adventurer and magician
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Carney

1887-1947
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dave Cash (David Charles Wish)

1942-2016
Radio presenter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Cavanagh

1914-1981
Radio entertainer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Victoria Chaplin

1951-
Circus performer; wife of Jean-Baptiste Thierrée; daughter of Charlie Chaplin
Sitter in 16 portraits

Miss Charmion

active 1898
Trapeze artist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter G. Churcher

1859-1934
Artist and amateur entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Paul Cinquevalli

1859-1918
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Belle Bilton

1867-1906
Music hall entertainer; wife of 5th Earl of Clancarty; daughter of John George Bilton
Sitter in 34 portraits

Joseph Clark

died 1696
Contortionist, known as 'the wandering tumour’
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julian Clary

1959-
Comedian and entertainer
Sitter in 2 portraits