World leaders and heads of state

Abbas II

1874-1944
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, 1892-1914
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jaurar Ben Abdallah

active mid 17th century
Lord Chamberlain, privy seal and Prime Minister to the Emperor of Morocco
Sitter in 1 portrait

Abdülaziz

1830-1876
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan

died 1901
Reigned 1880-1901
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

1784-1860
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 57 portraits

Abu Bakar, Sultan of Johore

1833-1895
Sultan of Johore
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Bt

1736-1811
Prime Minister of Naples
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Adams

1735-1826
President of the United States; signatory of the Declaration of Independence
Sitter in 1 portrait

Nana Aforo Kwaw II

1935-2015
Chief of Sefwi Debiso
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Akufo-Addo

1906-1979
President of Ghana
Sitter in 1 portrait

Albert I, Prince of Monaco

1848-1922
Prince of Monaco
Sitter in 1 portrait

King Alfred ('The Great')

849-899
King of the West Saxons
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

Mohammed Ali

1909-1963
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Sitter in 4 portraits

Nawab Nasim Mansur Ali Khan of Bengal

1830-1884
Nawab Nizam of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Miller Andrews

1871-1956
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Sitter in 1 portrait

Queen Anne

1665-1714
Reigned 1702-14
Sitter associated with 74 portraits

Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh

1748-1797
State ruler; Nawab Wazir of Oudh
Sitter in 1 portrait

King Athelstan (Aethelstan)

895-940
King of the Anglo-Saxons
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Nana Sir Ofori Atta

1881-1943
Member of Executive Council of Gold Coast (Ghana)
Sitter in 9 portraits

Clement Attlee

1883-1967
Prime Minister
Sitter in 49 portraits

Archduke Viktor of Austria

1842-1919
Archduke of Austria
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon

1897-1977
Prime Minister
Sitter in 44 portraits

Stanley Baldwin

1867-1947
Prime Minister
Sitter in 76 portraits

Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

1912-1966
Prime Minister of Nigeria
Sitter in 2 portraits

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

1848-1930
Prime Minister and philosopher
Sitter in 140 portraits

Bamba Müller

1848-1947
Maharani of Lahore
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hastings Kamuzu Banda

1905-1997
Prime Minister of Malawi
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike

1916-2000
Sri Lankan Politician; first woman to be elected Prime Minister in the world
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lakshman Jagannath, Diwan of Baroda

born 1835
Prime Minister of Baroda
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mahamudu Bawumia

1963-
Economist, banker, Vice President of Ghana
Sitter in 1 portrait

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

1804-1881
Prime Minister and novelist; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter associated with 112 portraits

Auguste Marie François Beernaert

1829-1912
Prime Minister of Belgium
Sitter in 3 portraits

Eduard Benes

1884-1948
President of the Czechoslovak Republic
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

David Ben-Gurion

1886-1973
First Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Vrijendra Sawai Kishan Singh Bahadur Bahadur Jang, Maharaja of Bharatpur

1899-1929
Reigned 1918-1929
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala

1891-1938
Indian ruler
Sitter in 18 portraits

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

1928-1979
Prime Minister of Pakistan; lawyer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Georges-Augustin Bidault

1899-1983
Prime Minister of France
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab, Maharaja Bahadur of Burdwan

1881-1941
Indian ruler
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tony Blair

1953-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Robert Laird Borden

1854-1937
Prime Minister of Canada
Sitter in 12 portraits

George Borg Olivier

1911-1980
Prime Minister of Malta
Sitter in 1 portrait

Louis Botha

1862-1919
General and South African statesman
Sitter in 9 portraits

Teófilo Braga

1843-1924
President of Portugal, writer and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough

1888-1973
Politician; Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Sitter in 11 portraits

Gordon Brown

1951-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 7 portraits

Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne

1883-1967
Eighth Prime Minister of Australia
Sitter in 24 portraits

Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda

1924-1969
Kabaka (King) of Buganda
Sitter in 5 portraits

George W. Bush

1946-
President of the United States
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

1713-1792
Prime Minister
Sitter in 12 portraits

James Callaghan

1912-2005
Prime Minister
Sitter in 22 portraits

David Cameron

1966-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

1836-1908
Prime Minister
Sitter in 29 portraits

Charles John Canning, Earl Canning

1812-1862
Governor-General and first viceroy of India
Sitter in 12 portraits

George Canning

1770-1827
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 64 portraits

Canute or Cnut 'the Great'

994?-1035
King of Denmark and of Norway, King of England 1018-1035
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

Sadi Carnot

1837-1894
President of France
Sitter in 4 portraits

Carol I, King of Romania

1839-1914
Reigned 1881-1914
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherine de' Medici

1519-1589
Queen consort of France 1547-1559
Sitter in 1 portrait

Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour

1810-1861
First Prime Minister of Italy
Sitter in 4 portraits