Poets

Edmund Blunden

1896-1974
Poet, writer and teacher
Sitter in 22 portraits

Bruce Blunt

1899-1957
Journalist and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

1840-1922
Traveller, politician and poet
Sitter in 9 portraits

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

1636-1711
French poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

Horatius Bonar

1808-1889
Free church minister, poet and hymn writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Bt

1744-1824
Poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Bosworth

died before 1652
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gordon Bottomley

1874-1948
Poet and dramatist
Sitter in 17 portraits

William Lisle Bowles

1762-1850
Poet, canon of Salisbury and antiquary
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Boyd of Trochrig

1578-1627
Theological writer and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Teófilo Braga

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

Charles Neville Brand

1895-1951
Poet and novelist
Sitter in 8 portraits

Richard Brathwaite

1588-1673
Poet and author
Sitter in 9 portraits

Edward Atkyns Bray

1778-1857
Poet and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

André Breton

1896-1966
Poet and critic
Sitter in 7 portraits

Robert Bridges

1844-1930
Poet Laureate
Sitter in 27 portraits

Alexander Brome

1620-1666
Poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Jacob Bronowski

1908-1974
Mathematician, poet and humanist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court

1554-1628
Poet
Sitter in 9 portraits

Rupert Brooke

1887-1915
Poet
Sitter in 21 portraits

William Broome

baptised 1689-1745
Translator and poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

George Mackay Brown

1921-1996
Poet and novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Brown

1778-1820
Philosopher and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jemmett Browne

1832-1897
Barrister, poet and novelist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1806-1861
Poet; wife of Robert Browning
Sitter in 7 portraits

Robert Browning

1812-1889
Poet; husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sitter in 53 portraits

Alan Charles Brownjohn

1931-2024
Author and poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Williams Buchanan

1841-1901
Poet and novelist
Sitter in 5 portraits

Bainbrigg Buckeridge

1668-1733
Poet, painter and first historian of British art
Sitter in 1 portrait

Basil Bunting

1900-1985
Poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Burns

1759-1796
Poet
Sitter associated with 13 portraits

Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell)

1775-1861
Poet and novelist
Sitter associated with 6 portraits

John Byrom

1692-1763
Poet and teacher of shorthand
Sitter in 4 portraits

Lord Byron

1788-1824
Poet
Sitter in 37 portraits

Edoardo Cacciatore

1912-1996
Italian poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Stuart Calverley

1831-1884
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Owen Cambridge

1717-1802
Poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

Emile Cammaerts

1878-1953
Scholar, poet, Belgian patriot and translator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Roy Campbell

1901-1957
Poet and translator
Sitter in 12 portraits

Thomas Campbell

1777-1844
Poet
Sitter in 20 portraits

William Canton

1845-1926
Poet and journalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Thomas Carew

1595?-1639?
Poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Carey

1687-1743
Musician and poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

Joseph Carreras

died 1732
Poet and chaplain to Catherine of Braganza
Sitter in 2 portraits

Noel Thomas Carrington

1777-1830
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sydney Bertram Carter

1915-2004
Poet, songwriter and musician
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Cartwright

died 1687
Actor, poet and playwright
Sitter in 5 portraits

Joyce Cary

1888-1957
Novelist and poet
Sitter in 4 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort

1751-1828
Judge, diplomat, politician and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Caswall

1814-1878
Known as 'Scriblerus Redivivus'; Roman Catholic priest, poet and hymn writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Brian Catling

1948-2022
Artist, novelist and poet; Professor of Fine Art
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jacob Cats

1577-1660
Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician
Sitter in 3 portraits

Charles Causley

1917-2003
Poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

Carmelo Cernigliari-Melilli

1870-1944
Writer, playwright, poet and sculptor
Artist of 1 portrait

(Charlotte) Ann Chadwick (née Secord)

circa 1923-1997
Poet; first wife of Lynn Russell Chadwick
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Chamberlayne

1619-1689
Poet and physician
Sitter in 2 portraits

Anthony Champion

1725-1801
Poet and politician
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Chapman

1559?-1634
Poet
Sitter in 5 portraits

Max Chapman

1911-1999
Artist, critic and poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

Eric Chappelow

1890-1957
Poet
Sitter in 2 portraits