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Writer, mountaineer and occultist; British intelligence Service
Sitter in 2 portraits 
Mountaineer; wife of Harold Percy Combe; daughter of Claude Macdonald
Sitter associated with 1 portrait 
Mountaineer and art historian
Sitter in 12 portraits 
Mountaineers
22 People in group
Edward Alexander ('Aleister') Crowley
1875-1947Writer, mountaineer and occultist; British intelligence Service
Sitter in 2 portraits
1832-1904
Writer, philosopher, mountaineer and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 13 portraits
Writer, philosopher, mountaineer and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 13 portraits
1929-2011
Mountaineer and member of the 1953 Everest expedition
Sitter in 1 portrait
Mountaineer and member of the 1953 Everest expedition
Sitter in 1 portrait
1907-1971
Explorer, mountaineer, jungle warfare expert and author
Sitter in 11 portraits
Explorer, mountaineer, jungle warfare expert and author
Sitter in 11 portraits
Sheila Galbraith Combe (née Macdonald)
born 1905Mountaineer; wife of Harold Percy Combe; daughter of Claude Macdonald
Sitter associated with 1 portrait
(William) Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
1856-1937Mountaineer and art historian
Sitter in 12 portraits
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