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Richard Maximilian Dalberg-Acton, 2nd Baron Acton

1870-1924
Diplomat
Sitter in 7 portraits

José de Madrazo y Agudo

1781-1859
Painter, etcher and lithographer
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Sir Ben Ainslie

1977-
Sailor; Olympian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Don Miguel Ricardo de Alava

1771-1843
Spanish ambassador
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marietta Alboni, Countess Pepoli (née Maria Anna Marzia)

1823-1894
Opera singer
Sitter associated with 8 portraits

Alfonso XII, King of Spain

1857-1885
Reigned 1874-85
Sitter in 2 portraits

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain

1886-1941
Reigned 1886-1931
Sitter in 22 portraits

Alfonso, Prince of Asturias

1907-1938
Count of Covadonga; son of Alfonso XIII
Sitter in 7 portraits

Amadeo I, King of Spain

1845-1890
Elected King of Spain 1870-1873
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jacopo Amigoni

1682?-1752
Painter
Artist associated with 14 portraits

Richard Ansdell

1815-1885
Animal painter
Sitter in 12 portraits | Artist associated with 16 portraits

Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre

1518-1562
King of Navarre; father of Henry IV, King of France
Sitter in 1 portrait

Prince Antoine Bibesco

1878-1951
Romanian Minister to Madrid, lawyer and writer; husband of Elizabeth Asquith
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maiorica Aragonensis

died 1570
Jesuit Missionary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Antonio Aramburo

1840-1912
Spanish tenor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Albert, Count of Arenberg

1600-1670
Spanish military officer
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich

1680-1743
Field Marshal and statesman
Sitter in 12 portraits

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

1618-1685
Politician, Lord Chamberlain
Sitter in 19 portraits

Alberto Arzoz

1964-
Photographer
Artist of 4 portraits

April Ashley

1935-2021
Model, dancer, socialite and campaigner for transgender rights
Sitter in 1 portrait

Diego de Astor

1584-circa 1650
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray (née Ramsay), Duchess of Atholl

1874-1960
Public servant and politician; MP for Kinross and West Perthshire; wife of 8th Duke of Atholl; daughter of Sir James Henry Ramsay
Sitter in 8 portraits

Georgia Atienza

Assistant Curator, Photographs, National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 2 portraits

Fernanda Moreno de la Serna y Zuleta de Reales, Marquesa de Aulencia

Wife of César Pérez de Guzmán y Spreca, 1st Marqués de Aulencia
Sitter in 4 portraits

John of Austria

1547-1578
Military leader and illegitimate son of King Charles I of Spain
Sitter in 1 portrait

Michael Ayrton

1921-1975
Artist
Sitter in 8 portraits | Artist of 10 portraits

Francis Bacon

1909-1992
Painter
Sitter in 47 portraits

Gareth Bale

1989-
Footballer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Cristóbal Balenciaga

1895-1972
Fashion designer
Sitter in 1 portrait

William John Bankes

1786-1855
Traveller, egyptologist, antiquary and politician; MP for Truro, University of Cambridge, Marlborough and Dorset
Sitter in 2 portraits

Daniel Barenboim

1942-
Pianist, conductor and musical director; husband of Jacqueline du Pré
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir Andrew Francis Barnard

1773-1855
General
Sitter in 5 portraits

Sir William Augustus Curzon Barrington

1842-1922
Diplomat
Sitter in 6 portraits

Josep Maria Batista I Roca

1895-1978
Historian and Catalan nationalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning

1728-1810
Politician; MP for Great Yarmouth
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Powlett Townshend, 2nd Baron Bayning

1785-1823
Sitter in 2 portraits

Infanta Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg

1909-2002
Daughter of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain; wife of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort

1792-1853
Sportsman
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

David Beckham

1975-
Footballer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Timothy Behrens

1937-2017
Painter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julian Bell

1908-1937
Poet; son of Vanessa Bell and Clive Bell
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir Courtenay Walter Bennett

1855-1937
Diplomat
Sitter in 1 portrait

Berengaria of Navarre

circa 1165-1230
Consort of King Richard I
Sitter in 4 portraits

Guillermo Martin Bermejo

1971-
Artist
Artist of 1 portrait

James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick upon Tweed

1670-1734
Army officer in the French service
Sitter in 1 portrait

Tony Bevan

1951-
Painter
Sitter in 3 portraits | Artist of 4 portraits

Jack Birkett

1934-2010
Dancer, actor, mime artist and singer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Manolo Blahnik

1943-
Shoe designer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc

1811-1882
French politician and historian
Sitter in 10 portraits

Ricardo Bofill

1939-
Architect
Sitter in 1 portrait

David Bomberg

1890-1957
Painter
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist of 5 portraits

Rafael Bonachela

1972-
Choreographer and dancer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Andrew Boorde

circa 1490-1549
Traveller and physician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois

1475-1507
Spanish-Italian condottiero, lord and cardinal
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Brackenbury

1827-1895
Diplomat
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir John MacPherson Brackenbury

1778-1847
Soldier; British consul at Cadiz
Sitter in 1 portrait

Erica Brausen

1908-1992
Art dealer and Director of the Hanover Gallery, London
Sitter in 7 portraits

Gerald Brenan

1894-1987
Writer and Hispanic scholar
Sitter in 3 portraits

Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman

1884-1968
Diplomat
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol

1612-1677
Royalist commander and politician; Secretary of State and MP for Dorset
Sitter in 14 portraits