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53 people matching these criteria:

- place 'Guyana'

Michael Abbensetts

Michael Abbensetts

1938-2016
Playwright and television screenwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait
Robert Adams

Robert Adams

1906-1965
Actor; wrestler; barrister; founder member of the League of Coloured Peoples
Sitter in 1 portrait
John Agard

John Agard

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

Amba

active 1823
Active in the Demerera Uprising of 1823; enslaved Guyanese woman
Sitter in 1 portrait
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury

1954-
Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission; Government Whip, House of Lords
Sitter in 2 portraits
William Percy Austin

William Percy Austin

1807-1892
Lord Bishop of Guiana, Primate of West Indies and South America
Sitter in 1 portrait
John Alexander Barbour-James

John Alexander Barbour-James

1867-1954
Colonial official; author
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Henry Barkly

Sir Henry Barkly

1815-1898
Colonial governor, patron of the sciences and Conservative politician; MP for Leominister
Sitter in 4 portraits
Norman Beaton

Norman Beaton

1934-1994
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait
Frank Bowling

Frank Bowling

1936-
Artist
Sitter in 4 portraits
Christopher Brasher

Christopher Brasher

1928-2003
Middle distance runner; Olympian and founder of the London Marathon, company chairman and journalist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Donald Charles Cameron

Sir Donald Charles Cameron

1872-1948
Colonial governor
Sitter in 2 portraits
John ('Jock') Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan

John ('Jock') Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan

1912-1994
Businessman; instrumental in founding The Booker Prize
Sitter in 1 portrait
Des'ree

Des'ree

1968-
Singer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir John Edge

Sir John Edge

1841-1926
Judge in India
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Walter Egerton

Sir Walter Egerton

1858-1947
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Francis Fleming

Sir Francis Fleming

1842-1922
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 1 portrait
Jack Gladstone

Jack Gladstone

circa 1793-active 1823
Leader of the Demerera Uprising of 1823; enslaved Guyanese man
Sitter in 1 portrait
Robertson Gladstone

Robertson Gladstone

1805-1875
Merchant; Mayor of Liverpool
Sitter in 2 portraits
Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston

Jenico William Joseph Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston

1837-1907
Colonial governor
Sitter in 1 portrait
Bernie Grant

Bernie Grant

1944-2000
Labour politician; MP for Tottenham
Sitter in 1 portrait
Cy Grant

Cy Grant

1919-2010
Actor, singer and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Eddy Grant

Eddy Grant

1948-
Singer, songwriter and producer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Ian Hall

Ian Hall

1940-2022
Musician; organist and music teacher; founder of the Bloomsbury International Society
Sitter in 1 portrait
William James Hughes

William James Hughes

1894 or 1895-1979
Bishop of British Honduras, Barbados, Matabeleland and Trinidad and Tobago, Archbishop of Central Africa and Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Henry Turner Irving

Sir Henry Turner Irving

1833-1923
Colonial governor
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman

Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman

1899-1978
Air Chief Marshal
Sitter in 8 portraits
Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson

Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson

1914-1941
Dancer and bandleader
Sitter in 2 portraits
Fortunato Pietro Luigi Josa

Fortunato Pietro Luigi Josa

1851-1922
Rector of St Endellion, Cornwall
Sitter in 1 portrait
No individual image available for this person

Roshini Kempadoo

1959-
Photographer
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Alan John Knight

Alan John Knight

died 1979
Archbishop of West Indies
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir Gordon James Lethem

Sir Gordon James Lethem

1886-1962
Colonial administrator
Sitter in 11 portraits
Hew Locke

Hew Locke

1959-
Artist; sculptor
Sitter in 1 portrait
William John Locke

William John Locke

1863-1930
Novelist
Sitter in 8 portraits
Peter Benson Maxwell

Peter Benson Maxwell

1843-1878
Colonial magistrate; son of Sir Peter Benson Maxwell and Frances Dorothea Synge
Sitter in 1 portrait
Rahasya Rudra ('Rudy') Narayan

Rahasya Rudra ('Rudy') Narayan

1938-1998
Barrister, civil rights activist and author
Sitter in 1 portrait
Grace Nichols

Grace Nichols

1950-
Children's poet and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits
Herman George Ouseley, Baron Ouseley

Herman George Ouseley, Baron Ouseley

1945-
Politician; President, Different Realities Partnership Ltd
Sitter in 1 portrait
Edward Archibald Parry

Edward Archibald Parry

1861-1943
Archbishop of the West Indies
Sitter in 6 portraits
Oswald Hutton Parry

Oswald Hutton Parry

1868-1936
Bishop of Guyana
Sitter in 1 portrait
No individual image available for this person

Edward G. Phillips

Photographer
Artist of 1 portrait
Mike Phillips

Mike Phillips

1941-
Novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh)

1554-1618
Soldier, sailor, poet and writer
Sitter in 48 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Sir Patrick Muir Renison

1911-1965
Colonial governor
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie

Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie

1897-1983
General
Sitter in 12 portraits
Sir Thomas Roe

Sir Thomas Roe

1581-1644
Diplomat and politician; MP for Oxford
Sitter in 5 portraits
Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage

Sir Alfred William Lungley Savage

1903-1980
Colonial Government Treasurer
Sitter in 7 portraits
Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Bt

Sir James Carmichael Smyth, 1st Bt

1779-1838
Governor of British Guiana
Sitter in 1 portrait
No individual image available for this person

William Proctor Swaby

1844-1916
Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands and Bishop of Guyana
Sitter in 1 portrait
No individual image available for this person

Sir Charles Campbell Woolley

1893-1981
Governor of British Guiana
Sitter in 11 portraits
John Wray

John Wray

1779-1837
Missionary to West Indies
Sitter in 2 portraits
Letitia Wright

Letitia Wright

1993-
Actor
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Henry Edward Fox Young

Sir Henry Edward Fox Young

1808-1870
Colonial governor
Sitter in 1 portrait