Vendors, merchants and manufacturers

John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington

1805-1889
Politician, merchant and fiscal reformer; Director of Bank of England
Sitter in 4 portraits

Egerton Hubbard Addington, 2nd Baron Addington

1842-1915
Politician and merchant
Sitter in 5 portraits

Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham

1819-1907
Merchant and merchant banker; Director of Bank of England; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 4 portraits

Daniel Alder

active 1823
Indigo broker
Sitter in 3 portraits

Joseph Anderson

1801-1875
Merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Julius Angerstein

circa 1732-1823
Merchant and picture collector
Sitter in 7 portraits

Edmund Edward Antrobus

1807?-1886
Magistrate, tea merchant and writer
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Ambrose Argenti

1804-1871
Merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Elkanah Armitage

1794-1876
Manufacturer; Mayor
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton

1928-2020
Merchant banker and patron of the arts
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Asperne

1757-1820
Bookseller and proprietor of the 'European Magazine'
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist associated with 44 portraits

Edward Athawes

active late 1780s
Virginia merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Atkinson

circa 1738-1819
Politician and merchant
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Richard Atkinson

1738-1785
Merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Nicolas Avierino

1838-1914
Merchant
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Bagwell

circa 1593-circa 1664
Merchant and writer on astronomy
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Baillie

1737-1793
Merchant of Ealing Grove
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Alexander Bannerman

1788-1864
Merchant, vintner and politician; MP for Aberdeen
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Noton Barclay

1872-1957
Lord Mayor of Manchester, shipping merchant, banker and Liberal politician; MP for Manchester
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt

1740-1810
Merchant banker
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Sir John Barker

1840-1914
Department store owner
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rufus Barnes

Book dealer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Hamar Alfred Bass

1842-1898
Brewer, racehorse owner and Liberal politician; MP for Tamworth and Staffordshire West
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Percy Elly Bates, 4th Bt

1879-1946
Merchant and shipowner
Sitter in 3 portraits

Felice Beato

1832-1909
Photographer and merchant
Artist of 3 portraits

Maximilian Behrend

circa 1822-1890
Corn merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Bell

born circa 1800
Merchant
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Robert William Murray Bell

born 1871
East India merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Thomas Bell

1751-1824
Sheriff of the City of London, leather merchant and husband of Maria, Lady Bell (née Hamilton)
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Hallowes Belli

1789-1875
Civil servant and merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Francis Flint Belsey

1837-1914
Justice of the Peace, corn merchant and social reformer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Paul Benfield

1741-1810
Indian trader and civil servant of the East India Company
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

(Edmund) Ernst Leopold Schlesinger Benzon

1819-1873
Manufacturer of paper goods
Sitter in 1 portrait

Samuel Sharp Steigen Berger

1850-1914
Rice-starch manufacturer; son of Henry Berger
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Berkeley, 1st Earl of Berkeley

1628-1698
Merchant; author and politician; MP for Gloucestershire
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Claude Bidgood

1914-2001
Politician, director of engineering companies and Middle East merchant
Sitter in 2 portraits

Samuel Birchall

1818-1864
Wool merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Bird

Timber merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Ralph Blackwell

active 1327-1377
Merchant Taylor
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Bolton

1756-1837
Liverpool merchant
Sitter in 1 portrait