Poets

James Beattie

1735-1803
Poet and philosopher
Sitter in 4 portraits

Joseph Beaumont

1616-1699
Poet and college head
Sitter in 1 portrait

Lucy Russell (née Harington), Countess of Bedford

circa 1581-1627
Courtier and patron of the arts
Sitter associated with 9 portraits

Henry Charles Beeching

1859-1919
Clergyman, Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Patricia Beer

1919-1999
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Julian Bell

1908-1937
Poet; son of Vanessa Bell and Clive Bell
Sitter in 8 portraits

Hilaire Belloc

1870-1953
Author and poet
Sitter associated with 17 portraits

Elizabeth Ogilvie Benger

1778-1827
Novelist, poet and biographer
Sitter associated with 5 portraits

Edward Benlowes

1602-1676
Poet
Sitter in 4 portraits

Edwin Keppel ('Francis') Bennett

1887-1958
Writer, poet and German scholar. President of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
Sitter in 1 portrait

Elizabeth Bentley

1767-1839
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Anne Beresford (Anne Ellen File)

1929-2023
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 1 portrait

Oliver Bernard

1925-2013
Writer and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir John Betjeman

1906-1984
Poet Laureate, writer and broadcaster
Sitter in 41 portraits

Laurence Binyon

1869-1943
Poet and art historian
Sitter in 20 portraits

Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn

1916-1977
Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sir Richard Blackmore

1654-1729
Physician and poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

William Blake

1757-1827
Visionary poet and painter
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist associated with 5 portraits

Mathilde Blind (Mathilde Cohen)

1841-1896
Poet and biographer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Bloomfield

1766-1823
Poet
Sitter in 3 portraits