Writers and critics

Richard Murray Wade

1931-2008
Actor, documentary film-maker, writer and teacher
Sitter in 1 portrait

Robert Wade

1962-
Screenwriter
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Barrington Wain

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

Alfred Wainwright

1907-1991
Fell walker, writer and illustrator
Sitter in 1 portrait

Arthur Edward Waite

1857-1942
Occultist and writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Priscilla Wakefield

1751-1832
Writer and philanthropist
Sitter in 3 portraits

Adam Walker

1731-1821
Inventor and writer
Sitter in 5 portraits

John Wall

1708-1776
Physician and medical writer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Alfred Russel Wallace

1823-1913
Naturalist, evolutionary theorist and social critic
Sitter in 20 portraits

William Walsh

1662-1708
Poet and critic
Sitter in 3 portraits

Robert Walwynn

active 1660
Religious writer
Sitter in 3 portraits

George Drought Warburton

1816-1857
Writer on Canada
Sitter in 1 portrait

William Warburton

1698-1779
Bishop of Gloucester, critic and writer
Sitter associated with 11 portraits

Humphry Ward

1845-1926
Journalist and writer
Sitter in 2 portraits

John Ward

1679?-1758
Biographer and antiquary
Sitter in 1 portrait

Hibo Wardere

Campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM), author and public speaker
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marina Warner

1946-
Writer and critic; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 4 portraits

Sir Pelham Francis Warner

1873-1963
Cricketer and writer on cricket
Sitter in 15 portraits

Sylvia Townsend Warner

1893-1978
Novelist and poet
Sitter in 11 portraits

Sir Thomas Herbert Warren

1853-1930
President of Magdalen College, Oxford and scholar and man of letters
Sitter in 5 portraits