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Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Sitter in 5 portraits 
Art historian; Keeper of Historic British Collection, Tate Gallery
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Art historian; Director of the National Galleries of Scotland
Sitter in 1 portrait 
Mountaineer and art historian
Sitter in 12 portraits 
Art historian and trade unionist; former wife of Mark Pattison and later second wife of Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 6 portraits 
Art historian; grandson of William Somerset Maugham
Sitter in 6 portraits 
Art historians
125 People in group
Sir (Arthur) Leigh Bolland Ashton
1897-1983Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Sitter in 5 portraits
1953-
Diplomat, art historian and administrator; Director of National Art Collections Fund
Sitter in 1 portrait
Diplomat, art historian and administrator; Director of National Art Collections Fund
Sitter in 1 portrait
1931-2013
Art historian; Director of the Royal Collection
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art historian; Director of the Royal Collection
Sitter in 1 portrait
1864-1945
Art historian; former wife of Frank Costelloe, and later wife of Bernard Berenson; daughter of Robert Pearsall Smith
Sitter associated with 75 portraits
Art historian; former wife of Frank Costelloe, and later wife of Bernard Berenson; daughter of Robert Pearsall Smith
Sitter associated with 75 portraits
1942-
Art historian; Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art historian; Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum
Sitter in 1 portrait
1948-
Art historian; Director of the Ashmolean Museum
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art historian; Director of the Ashmolean Museum
Sitter in 1 portrait
1757-1821
Art historian and connoisseur; author of Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art historian and connoisseur; author of Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers
Sitter in 1 portrait
Martin Richard Fletcher Butlin
1929-Art historian; Keeper of Historic British Collection, Tate Gallery
Sitter in 1 portrait
1903-1983
Art historian and museum director
Sitter in 29 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Art historian and museum director
Sitter in 29 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Sir Timothy Peter Plint Clifford
1946-Art historian; Director of the National Galleries of Scotland
Sitter in 1 portrait
1887-1976
Art historian; Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art historian; Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Sitter in 1 portrait
(William) Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
1856-1937Mountaineer and art historian
Sitter in 12 portraits
1859-1929
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 3 portraits
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 3 portraits
Emilia Francis (née Strong), Lady Dilke
1840-1904Art historian and trade unionist; former wife of Mark Pattison and later second wife of Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Bt
Sitter in 6 portraits
1914-1987
Art historian and scholar of Turkish-Islamic culture
Sitter in 1 portrait
Art historian and scholar of Turkish-Islamic culture
Sitter in 1 portrait
Jonathan Charles Hope, 3rd Baron Glendevon
1952-Art historian; grandson of William Somerset Maugham
Sitter in 6 portraits
1892-1951
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 2 portraits | Artist associated with 1 portrait
1875-1952
Art historian and art administrator
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
Art historian and art administrator
Sitter in 5 portraits | Artist of 1 portrait
1929-2005
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 10 portraits
Art historian; Director of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 10 portraits
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