Novelists and authors

James Baldwin

1924-1987
Writer and critic
Sitter in 1 portrait

Charles Wolcott Balestier

1861-1891
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye

1924-2013
Author and composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jean Lily West Roundel (née Cooke-Yarborough), Countess of Balfour

1900-1981
Artist and writer; wife of 3rd Earl of Balfour
Sitter in 9 portraits

Lady Frances Balfour (née Campbell)

1858-1931
Churchwoman, suffragist and author; wife of Eustace James Anthony Balfour; daughter of 8th Duke of Argyll
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Andrew Balfour

1873-1931
Expert in tropical medicine, public health and novelist
Sitter in 7 portraits

Robert Michael Ballantyne

1825-1894
Author of 'Stories for Boys'
Sitter in 2 portraits

J.G. Ballard

1930-2009
Novelist
Sitter in 6 portraits

Honoré de Balzac

1799-1850
Novelist and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Henry Bankes

1757-1834
Politician and author
Sitter associated with 2 portraits

Elizabeth Banks

1872-1938
Journalist, author and first woman to hold diplomatic position
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Alexander Barbour-James

1867-1954
Colonial official; author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Verity Bargate

1940-1981
Novelist and theatre director; Founder of the Soho Theatre
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Harris Barham

1788-1845
Author of 'The Ingoldsby Legends'
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maurice Baring

1874-1945
Poet and author
Sitter in 13 portraits

Sabine Baring-Gould

1834-1924
Church of England clergyman, author and folksong collector
Sitter in 3 portraits

Arthur James Barker

1918-1981
Lieutenant-Colonel and author
Sitter associated with 7 portraits

Nicola Barker

1966-
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait

Pat Barker

1943-
Novelist
Sitter in 2 portraits

Lady Anne Barnard (née Lindsay)

1750-1825
Author
Sitter in 1 portrait