Writers and critics

Michael Abbensetts

1938-2016
Playwright and television screenwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

1811-1856
Comic writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lascelles Abercrombie

1881-1938
Poet and critic
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Johnston Abraham

1876-1963
Surgeon and writer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Leo Abse

1917-2008
Lawyer, writer and Labour politician; MP for Pontypool and Torfaen
Sitter in 11 portraits

J.R. Ackerley

1896-1967
Writer and editor
Sitter in 7 portraits

Peter Ackroyd

1949-
Novelist, biographer and critic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alexander Adam

1741-1809
Rector of High School in Edinburgh; writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Douglas Adams

1952-2001
Writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sarah Flower Adams

1805-1848
Poet and hymn writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Addison

1672-1719
Essayist and poet
Sitter in 24 portraits

Kate Adie

1945-
Chief News Correspondent, BBC; writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

James Evershed Agate

1877-1947
Drama critic
Sitter in 21 portraits

Oliva Frances Madox Agresti (née Rossetti)

1875-1960
Scholar and writer; daughter of William Michael Rossetti
Artist of 1 portrait

Robert Fordyce Aickman

1914-1981
Short-story writer, editor, author, novelist
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alfred Ainger

1837-1904
Writer, humorist and divine
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Akomfrah

1957-
Artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Céleste Albaret

1892-1984
Housekeeper for Marcel Proust
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Percy Alden

1865-1944
Politician, writer and social reformer
Sitter in 11 portraits

(Edward Godfree) Richard Aldington

1892-1962
Poet, critic and novelist
Sitter in 9 portraits