World leaders and heads of state

Joseph Aloysius Lyons

1879-1939
Prime Minister of Australia
Sitter in 8 portraits

Sir John Alexander Macdonald

1815-1891
First Prime Minister of Canada
Sitter in 4 portraits

Ramsay MacDonald

1866-1937
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 72 portraits

William McKinley

1843-1901
President of the United States
Sitter in 2 portraits

Sir Madan Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Kishangarh

1884-1926
Indian ruler
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Major

1943-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 15 portraits

Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

1912-1990
Vice-President and Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates
Sitter in 6 portraits

Ras Makunnan

1852-1906
Governor of Harrar; father of Emperor Haile Selassie I
Sitter in 2 portraits

Godfrey Martin Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern of Rhodesia and Bexley

1883-1971
Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
Sitter in 23 portraits

Nelson Mandela

1918-2013
President of South Africa; President of the African National Congress
Sitter in 6 portraits

Queen Mary I

1516-1558
Reigned 1553-58; daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon
Sitter associated with 50 portraits

Queen Mary II

1662-1694
Reigned with William III 1689-94
Sitter associated with 97 portraits

Mary, Queen of Scots

1542-1587
Reigned 1542-67
Sitter associated with 151 portraits

William Ferguson Massey

1856-1925
Prime Minister of New Zealand; plenipotentiary at the 1919 Peace Conference
Sitter in 15 portraits

Theresa May

1956-
Prime Minister
Sitter in 3 portraits

Arthur Meighen

1874-1960
Prime Minister of Canada
Sitter in 8 portraits

Meiji, Emperor of Japan

1852-1912
Reigned 1867-1912
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

1779-1848
Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 159 portraits

Félix Jules Méline

1838-1925
Prime Minister of France
Sitter in 2 portraits

Menelik II, Emperor of Abyssinia

1844-1913
Emperor of Abyssinia
Sitter in 1 portrait