The Agricultural Revolution

James Anderson

1738-1809
Botanist, agriculturalist and physician in India
Sitter in 7 portraits

Robert Bakewell

1725-1795
Stock-breeder
Sitter in 1 portrait

Daines Barrington

1727-1800
Lawyer, antiquary and naturalist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford

1765-1802
Whig politician and agriculturist
Sitter associated with 39 portraits

Thomas Bewick

1753-1828
Wood-engraver
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

William Blake

1757-1827
Visionary poet and painter
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist associated with 5 portraits

John Britton

1771-1857
Antiquary and topographer
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist associated with 6 portraits

John Clare

1793-1864
Poet
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Robert Clutterbuck

1772-1831
Topographer
Sitter in 4 portraits

William Cobbett

1763-1835
Journalist, agriculturalist and politician; MP for Oldham
Sitter associated with 57 portraits

Charles Colling

1751-1836
Stockbreeder
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Constable

1776-1837
Landscape painter
Sitter in 6 portraits | Artist associated with 6 portraits

John Sell Cotman

1782-1842
Landscape painter
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 6 portraits

George Crabbe

1754-1832
Poet
Sitter in 6 portraits

John Christian Curwen

1756-1828
Agriculturalist and politician
Sitter in 5 portraits

Thomas Gainsborough

1727-1788
Portrait and landscape painter
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist associated with 268 portraits

Edmund Gillingwater

1735?-1813
Topographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Gilpin

1724-1804
Writer and exponent of the picturesque
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 2 portraits

Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor

1731-1802
Horse-breeder and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julius Caesar Ibbetson

1759-1817
Landscape painter
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist of 2 portraits

Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham

1754-1842
Politician and agricultural reformer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Sir James Mackintosh

1765-1832
Philosopher
Sitter in 9 portraits

Thomas Robert Malthus

1766-1834
Political economist
Sitter in 4 portraits

George Morland

1763-1804
Painter
Sitter in 12 portraits | Artist associated with 3 portraits

Thomas Paine

1737-1809
Author of 'The Rights of Man'
Sitter in 12 portraits

David Ricardo

1772-1823
Political economist
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Inigo Richards

1731-1810
Landscape and scene painter
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir John Sinclair, 1st Bt

1754-1835
Agricultural improver and politician
Sitter associated with 10 portraits

Richard Tattersall

1724-1795
Horse auctioneer
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

John Varley

1778-1842
Landscape painter
Sitter in 2 portraits

Hugh William Williams

1773-1829
Landscape painter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Young

1741-1820
Agriculturalist, traveller and writer
Sitter in 6 portraits