Writers and critics

John Piper

1903-1992
Artist and writer
Sitter in 59 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Myfanwy Piper (née Evans)

1911-1997
Art critic and opera librettist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Roger Samuel Pippett

1895-1962
Literary critic
Sitter in 11 portraits

Archie Pitt (Archibald Abraham Selinger)

1895-1940
Writer and actor; husband of Gracie Fields
Sitter in 1 portrait

(Helen) Fiona Pitt-Kethley

1954-
Poet, travel writer, novelist and journalist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Erin Pizzey

1939-
Writer and campaigner; founder of the first women's refuge
Sitter in 2 portraits

Carlo Placci

1861-1941
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sylvia Plath

1932-1963
Poet and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

William Plomer

1903-1973
Poet and novelist
Sitter in 17 portraits

Roy Francis Plomley

1914-1985
Writer and broadcaster
Sitter in 12 portraits

Edgar Allan Poe

1809-1849
Writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Poel

1852-1934
Actor and writer
Sitter in 12 portraits

John William Polidori

1795-1821
Physician and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Imogen Pollock

1935-
Writer; daughter of Enid Blyton
Sitter in 2 portraits

Walter Herries Pollock

1850-1926
Writer, author, poet and journalist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby

1871-1946
Writer, social activist and Labour politician; MP for Stirling Burghs and Sheffield Brightside
Sitter in 7 portraits

John Poole

1786?-1872
Dramatist and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Poole

1708-1752
Medical and theological writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

(Richard) James Arthur Pope-Hennessy

1916-1974
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dame Una Pope-Hennessy

1876-1949
Writer, historian and biographer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja Rana Sahib of Porbandar

1901-1982
Cricketer, composer and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Jonathon Espie Porritt

1950-
Environmentalist, writer and broadcaster; Director of Forum for the Future and Chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission
Sitter in 1 portrait

Peter Neville Frederick Porter

1929-2010
Poet and writer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Lady Cynthia Rosalie Postan (née Keppel)

1918-2017
Plantswoman, writer, research historian, translator and collector of porcelain; wife of Sir Michael Moissey Postan
Sitter in 2 portraits

Beatrix Potter

1866-1943
Children's writer, book illustrator and conservationist
Sitter in 7 portraits

Stephen Potter

1900-1969
Writer
Sitter in 11 portraits

Anthony Powell

1905-2000
Writer
Sitter in 15 portraits

Dilys Powell

1901-1995
Film critic and writer
Sitter in 11 portraits

Michael Powell

1905-1990
Film director and writer
Sitter in 8 portraits

Marguerite Agnes Power

1815?-1867
Writer; niece of Lady Blessington
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Cowper Powys

1872-1963
Writer and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jaakoff Prelooker

1860-1935
Writer and philosopher
Sitter in 2 portraits

Abbé Prévost (Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles)

1697-1763
Writer and historian; Clergyman
Sitter in 2 portraits

Charles Victor Prévot, Vicomte d'Arlincourt

1788-1856
French author and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Price

1723-1791
Nonconformist minister and political writer
Sitter in 8 portraits

J.B. Priestley

1894-1984
Writer
Sitter in 92 portraits

Valentine Cameron Prinsep

1838-1904
Artist and writer
Sitter in 7 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Edward Schroder Prior

1852-1932
Architect and writer on architecture
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Prior

1790?-1869
Naval surgeon and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

V.S. Pritchett

1900-1997
Writer and critic
Sitter in 21 portraits

Adelaide Anne ('Mary Berick') Procter

1825-1864
Known as 'Mary Berwick'; Poet, hymn writer and and women's activist; daughter of Bryan Waller Procter
Sitter in 2 portraits

Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall)

1787-1874
Writer, Poet and Lawyer
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Puckle

1667?-1724
Writer
Sitter in 6 portraits

John Sleigh Pudney

1909-1977
Poet and writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Augustus Pugin

1812-1852
Architect, writer, designer and ecclesiologist
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Christine Pullein-Thompson

1925-2005
Writer of books for children
Sitter in 1 portrait

Diana Pullein-Thompson

1925-2015
Writer of books for children
Sitter in 1 portrait

Josephine Pullein-Thompson

1924-2014
Writer of books for children
Sitter in 1 portrait

Kate Pullinger

1961-
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Philip Pullman

1946-
Children's writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Richard Pulteney

1730-1801
Writer and botanist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Neal Purvis

1961-
Screenwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sidney Edward Pusey

1839-1911
Son of Philip Pusey and Emily Frances Theresa Pusey (née Herbert); Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Catherine Douglas (née Hyde), Duchess of Queensberry

1701-1777
Eccentric beauty and patron of writers
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Peter Courtney Quennell

1905-1993
Writer and editor
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

1863-1944
Known as 'Q'; writer, novelist and literary scholar
Sitter in 23 portraits

Edward Bernard Raczynski

1891-1993
Diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile
Sitter in 1 portrait

Giles Heneage Radice, Baron Radice

1936-2022
Labour politician; MP for Chester-le-Street and for North Durham; life peer; author
Sitter in 2 portraits

Elizabeth Raffald (née Whitaker)

1733-1781
Cook and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Raikes

1777-1848
Dandy and diarist
Sitter in 4 portraits