Historians

Sir George Walter Prothero

1848-1922
Historian and editor of 'Quarterly Review'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edgar Quinet

1803-1875
Poet, historian and political philosopher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ron Ramdin

1942-
Historian and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Leopold von Ranke

1795-1886
Historian
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Pember Reeves

1857-1932
High commissioner, New Zealand, historian and poet
Sitter in 2 portraits

(Joseph) Ernest Renan

1823-1892
Philosopher, historian and religious scholar
Sitter in 5 portraits

Aileen Ribeiro

1944-
Fashion historian
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir James Richards

1907-1992
Architectural historian and critic
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Richards

1749-1818
Baptist preacher; historian of Kings Lynn
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Morris Roberts

1928-2003
Historian and author; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Robertson

1721-1793
Historian
Sitter in 7 portraits

Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres Mendieta, Conde de Romanones

1863-1950
Prime Minister of Spain and historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Roscoe

1753-1831
Banker, historian and collector
Sitter in 6 portraits

Sheila Rowbotham

1943-
Socialist feminist historian and activist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alfred Leslie Rowse

1903-1997
Historian
Sitter in 5 portraits

Steven Runciman

1903-2000
Historian
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Rushworth

1612?-1690
Historian
Sitter in 4 portraits

Archibald George Blomefield Russell

1879-1955
Historian; William Blake specialist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Joseph Rykwert

1926-
Architectual Historian; Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hon. Giles Rowan St Aubyn

1925-2015
Historian and author; son of 3rd Baron St Levan
Sitter in 2 portraits