Poets

Iris Tree

1897-1968
Poet, actress and painter; daughter of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sitter in 6 portraits

(Frederic) Herbert Trench

1865-1923
Poet and playwright
Sitter in 4 portraits

Richard Chenevix Trench

1807-1886
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, poet and philologist
Sitter in 19 portraits

William Tunstall

died 1717
Adherent of the Old Pretender and Poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Martin Farquhar Tupper

1810-1889
Poet, writer and barrister
Sitter in 5 portraits

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev

1818-1883
Novelist, poet and playwright
Sitter in 2 portraits

Joost van den Vondel

1587-1679
Poet and writer
Artist associated with 1 portrait

Anna Maria van Schurman

1607-1678
Poet and scholar
Sitter in 7 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait

Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

1510-1556
Poet and diplomat
Sitter in 3 portraits

Vincent Voiture

1597-1648
French poet
Sitter in 3 portraits

John Barrington Wain

1925-1994
Poet, critic and novelist
Sitter in 9 portraits

Derek Walcott

1930-2017
St Lucian poet, playwright and theatre director
Sitter in 3 portraits

Arthur David Waley

1889-1966
Poet and translator
Sitter associated with 15 portraits

Edmund Waller

1606-1687
Poet
Sitter in 17 portraits

William Walsh

1662-1708
Poet and critic
Sitter in 3 portraits

Michelene Dinah Wandor (née Samuels)

1940-
Playwright, critic, broadcaster, poet, lecturer and musician
Sitter in 1 portrait

Edward Ward

1667-1731
Burlesque poet
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sylvia Townsend Warner

1893-1978
Novelist and poet
Sitter in 11 portraits

Thomas Warton the Younger

1728-1790
Literary historian; critic and poet
Sitter in 5 portraits

Samuel Waterhouse

1815-1881
Major in the 2nd West York Regiment and Conservative politician; MP for Pontefract
Sitter in 1 portrait