Explorers, Travellers and Adventurers

Berthold Carl Seemann

1825-1871
Botanist and traveller
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Courteney Selous

1851-1917
Hunter and explorer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

1874-1922
Antarctic explorer
Sitter in 17 portraits

Eric Earle Shipton

1907-1977
Explorer and mountaineer
Sitter in 7 portraits

Sir Robert Shirley (Sherley)

circa 1581-1628
Count Shirley in the papal nobility, diplomat
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

Thomas Simpson

1808-1840
Arctic explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Benjamin Leigh Smith

1828-1913
Explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Hanning Speke

1827-1864
Explorer in Africa
Sitter in 6 portraits

Michael Alfred Spender

1906-1945
Scientist and explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope

1776-1839
Traveller
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Henry Morton Stanley

1841-1904
Explorer and journalist
Sitter in 41 portraits

Dame Freya Madeline Stark

1893-1993
Traveller and writer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Bt

1781-1859
Traveller, orientalist and politician: MP for Mitchell, Hampshire South and Portsmouth
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir (Marc) Aurel Stein

1862-1943
Scholar, explorer and archaeologist
Sitter in 12 portraits

John Stewart

1747-1822
Philosopher and traveller; known as 'Walking Stewart'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Cuthbert Matthias Kenworthy, 9th Baron Strabolgi

1853-1934
Traveller
Sitter in 6 portraits

Charles Napier Sturt

1795-1869
Explorer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henry Swinburne

1743-1803
Traveller
Sitter in 1 portrait

Christopher Hugh Sykes

1907-1986
Writer and traveller
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Bt

1879-1919
Soldier, traveller and Conservative politician; MP for Hull Central
Sitter in 1 portrait