Inventors

William Castle

1833-1911
Engineer, inventor
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Tiberius Cavallo

1749-1809
Scientist and inventor
Sitter associated with 4 portraits

Antoine Claudet

1797-1867
Photographer and inventor
Artist associated with 45 portraits

Sir Christopher Cockerell

1910-1999
Scientist and inventor of the hovercraft
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Bt

1772-1828
Military inventor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Samuel Crompton

1753-1827
Inventor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Peter Koch de Gooreynd

Inventor, music-publisher and song writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Warren de la Rue

1815-1889
Chemist and astronomer
Sitter in 5 portraits

Bryan Donkin

1768-1855
Inventor and engineer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Cornelis Drebbel

1572-1633
Philosopher and scientific inventor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Joseph Chessborough Dyer

1780-1871
Inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits

James Dyson

1947-
Designer and inventor
Sitter in 4 portraits

Richard Lovell Edgeworth

1744-1817
Writer and inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Thomas Alva Edison

1847-1931
Inventor
Sitter in 6 portraits

Benjamin Joseph Edwards

1837-1914
Photographer, inventor and entrepreneur
Artist of 2 portraits

Matthew Flinders

1774-1814
Hydrographer; inventor of the Flinders Bar
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Forbes

1849-1936
Electrical engineer and inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Fourdrinier

1766-1854
Inventor
Sitter in 2 portraits

Jeremy Fry

1924-2005
Inventor, engineer and patron of the Arts
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dennis Gabor (né Günszberg) (Dénes Gábor)

1900-1979
Electronics engineer and humanist
Sitter in 5 portraits